Asier Villalibre

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Villalibre and the second or maternal family name is Molina.
Asier Villalibre
Personal information
Full name Asier Villalibre Molina
Date of birth (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997
Place of birth Guernica, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Bilbao Athletic
Number 12
Youth career
2011–2014 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2014–2015 Basconia 45 (26)
2015– Bilbao Athletic 25 (2)
National team‡
2013–2014 Spain U17 9 (2)
2014–2015 Spain U18 3 (1)
2015 Spain U19 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 March 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2015

Asier Villalibre Molina (born 30 September 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Bilbao Athletic as a striker.

Club career

Born in Guernica, Biscay, Basque Country, Villalibre joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2011, aged 14. He made his debuts as a senior with the farm team in the 2013–14 campaign, in Tercera División.

In May 2015, after scoring 20 goals for Basconia, Villalibre was definitely promoted to the reserves in Segunda División; he already represented the side in the previous season, in Segunda División B.[1] He made his professional debut on 24 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Gorka Santamaría in a 0–1 home loss against Girona FC.[2]

Villalibre scored his first professional goal on 6 September 2015, netting the last in a 3–1 home win against RCD Mallorca.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Asier Villalibre, un nuevo cachorro en el Bilbao Athletic" [Asier Villalibre, a new youngster at Bilbao Athletic] (in Spanish). Vavel. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "El que la sigue, la consigue" [The one that follows it, gets it] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "El filial remonta al Mallorca y suma sus tres primeros puntos" [The reserves complete a comeback over Mallorca and sum their first points] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

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