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Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Azkona and the second or maternal family name is
Fuente .
Ane Azkona
Azkona (centre, No 28) with Athletic Club, 2017
Full name
Ane Azkona Fuente Date of birth
(1998-07-15 ) 15 July 1998 (age 25)
[1] Place of birth
Pamplona , Spain
[2] Height
1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Position(s)
Forward Current team
Athletic Club Number
11 2012–2014
Gazte Berriak Years
Team
Apps
(
Gls ) 2014–2015
Gazte Berriak
2015–2016
Ardoi
2016–2019
Athletic Club B
62
(71) 2016–
Athletic Club
115
(22) 2016–2017
Spain U19
5
(4) 2022–
Spain
1
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022
Ane Azkona Fuente (born 15 July 1998) is a Spanish professional
footballer who plays as a
forward for
Liga F club
Athletic Club and the
Spain women's national team .
Club career
A keen rock climber and ballerina as a child, Azkona started her career playing
futsal for Gazte Berriak, a team based in
Ansoain .
[3] Following this, she spent a year at
Ardoi before signing for
Athletic Club aged 18.
[4] On 13 January 2019, she scored her first league goal for Athletic, in the 94th minute of a match against
Sporting de Huelva .
[5]
[6] In the
2019–20 Primera División season , she provided more
assists than any other Athletic player and signed a new three-year contract with the club at the end of that season.
[7]
[8]
On 10 June 2020, it was announced that she had
torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee during a training session.
[9] She returned from this injury over eight months later.
[7] She became an increasingly important member of the team over the subsequent seasons as other players departed;
[3] in March 2023 she agreed a new contract running to 2026.
[10]
International career
Azkona was part of the
Spain under-19 squad which won the
2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship .
[11]
[3] In October 2019, she was called up to the inaugural squad for
España Promesas (essentially Spain B), along with two clubmates.
[12]
[13] She made her full debut as a late substitute in a 2–0 friendly victory over the
United States (played in her hometown
Pamplona ) in October 2022.
[14]
References
^
Ane Azkona at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
^
"Azkona" . BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
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a
b
c David Menayo (22 September 2022).
"Ane Azkona, la 'bailarina' que pide paso en la selección" [Ane Azkona, the 'ballerina' who asks for a place in the national team]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023 .
^ Grande, Juan Carlos (16 November 2019).
"Ane Azkona: "Pedimos unos mínimos, tenemos que luchar por nuestros derechos" " [Ane Azkona: "We ask for a minimum, we have to fight for our rights"]. Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
^ Garnández, Beatriz (13 January 2019).
"Ane Azkona: «Era cuestión de tiempo que entrase el primer gol»" [Ane Azkona: "It was a matter of time before the first goal went in"].
El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
^
"Athletic Club vs Sporting de Huelva" . Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
^
a
b González, Laura (23 February 2021).
"Ane Azkona, disponible ocho meses y medio después" [Ane Azkona, available eight and a half months later].
El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
^
" "I knew I wanted to stay here" " .
Athletic Club . 9 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
^ Jiménez, Mayca (10 June 2020).
"Ane Azkona se rompe el ligamento cruzado anterior" [Ane Azkona tears her anterior cruciate ligament].
Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
^ Carlos Zaballa (24 March 2023).
" "Yo también me he subido a este barco" " ["I have also boarded this boat"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023 .
^
2017 WU19 EURO results in full , UEFA.com, 20 August 2017
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Oroz, Azkona and Damaris, with the Spanish Promesas , Athletic Bilbao, 30 October 2019
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Oficial: La RFEF crea la Selección Absoluta Promesas, una nueva selección femenina de fútbol (Official: The RFEF creates the Absolute Promises Selection, a new women's team)
Archived 15 November 2021 at the
Wayback Machine , SEfutbol (in Spanish), 29 October 2019
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USWNT stunned by reserve Spain side amid protests , ESPN, 11 October 2022
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