Ane Azkona

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Azkona and the second or maternal family name is Fuente.
Ane Azkona
Personal information
Full name Ane Azkona Fuente
Date of birth (1998-07-15) 15 July 1998[1]
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain[2]
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Club
Number 16
Youth career
2012–2014 Gazte Berriak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Gazte Berriak
2015–2016 Ardoi
2016–2019 Athletic Club B 62 (71)
2016– Athletic Club 89 (18)
International career‡
2016–2017 Spain U19 5 (4)
2022– Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:41, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022

Club career

Azkona started her career playing futsal for Gazte Berriak, a team based in Ansoain. Following this, she spent a year at Ardoi before signing for Athletic Club.[3] On 13 January 2019, she scored her first league goal for Athletic, in the 94th minute of a match against Sporting de Huelva.[4][5] 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.[6][7] On 10 June 2020, it was announced that she had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee during a training session.[8] She returned from this injury over eight months later.[6]

International career

Azkona was part of the Spain under-19 squad which won the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[9] In October 2019, she was called up to the inaugural squad for España Promesas (essentially Spain B), along with two clubmates.[10][11] 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.[12]

References
  1. Ane Azkona at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. "Azkona". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Athletic Club vs Sporting de Huelva". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  6. 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.
  7. ""I knew I wanted to stay here"". Athletic Club. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  8. 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.
  9. 2017 WU19 EURO results in full, UEFA.com, 20 August 2017
  10. Oroz, Azkona and Damaris, with the Spanish Promesas, Athletic Bilbao, 30 October 2019
  11. 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
  12. USWNT stunned by reserve Spain side amid protests, ESPN, 11 October 2022


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