Iker Bravo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iker Bravo Solanilla | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Real Madrid Castilla (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Espluguenc | ||
| 2010–2021 | Barcelona | ||
| 2021–2022 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Real Madrid Castilla (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Spain U15 | 6 | (1) |
| 2021– | Spain U17 | 14 | (11) |
| 2021– | Spain U19 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 7 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:21, 7 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
Iker Bravo Solanilla (born 15 January 2005) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Real Madrid Castilla on loan from Bayer Leverkusen.
Career
Scouted by Barcelona at the age of 5 while playing for CFA Espluguenc,[1] Bravo joined La Masia and was part of their youth academy until signing with the German club Bayer Leverkusen on 28 July 2021.[2] He made his professional debut with Leverkusen as a late substitute in a 2–1 DFB-Pokal loss to Karlsruher SC on 27 October 2021.[3] At 16 years, 9 months and 15 days, Bravo was the youngest ever debutant for Leverkusen, taking the record from Florian Wirtz.[4] On 7 November 2021, Bravo debuted for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga in a 1–1 tie with Hertha; at 16 years and 298 days he was briefly the second youngest ever Bundesliga debutant and youngest ever for Bayer Leverkusen, before being passed by his teammate Zidan Sertdemir in the same game.[5]
On 29 August 2022, Bravo was registered with Primera Federación's Real Madrid Castilla, on a 1-year loan from Leverkusen.[6][7]
International career
Bravo is a youth international for Spain, having represented the Spain U15s and Spain U17s.[8]
References
- ^ "Promesas de La Masía: Iker Bravo, el '9' ejemplar". Vavel.com (in Spanish). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "NACHWUCHSSTÜRMER VOM FC BARCELONA VERSTÄRKT U19". bayer04.de. August 28, 2021.
- ^ GmbH, LigaInsider (October 27, 2021). "Youngster Iker Bravo feiert Debüt für Bayer Leverkusen". ligainsider.de.
- ^ France-Presse, Agence. "Leverkusen dumped out of German Cup by 2nd-tier Karlsruher". theScore.com.
- ^ "Erst Bravo, dann Sertdemir: Das ist der jüngste Bundesligaspieler der Werkself". November 7, 2021.
- ^ "El Leverkusen hace oficial la salida de Iker Bravo hacia el Real Madrid". Cadena COPE. 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Bayer 04 loan Iker Bravo to Real Madrid". BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Morales, Christian (2021-10-21). "Florentino Pérez controla a Iker Bravo, delantero de 16 años, que se crió en el Barça". Diario Gol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-27.
External links
- Iker Bravo at Soccerway
- Iker Bravo at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- DFB Profile
- 2005 births
- Living people
- People from Sant Cugat del Vallès
- Spanish footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Bundesliga players
- Association football forwards
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Spanish expatriates in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany