Nekane Díez
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nekane Díez Tapia | ||
Date of birth | 13 August 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Athletic Bilbao | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Marino | ||
2007– | Athletic Bilbao | 303 | (144) |
International career‡ | |||
Spain U19 | |||
2008– | Basque Country | 7 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:45, 3 November 2013 (UTC) |
Nekane Díez Tapia (born 13 August 1991) is a Spanish football striker who plays for Athletic Bilbao of Spain's Primera División.[1]
Díez made her debut for Athletic in a 4–0 win over ŽNK Krka in the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup a few days before her 16th birthday – she found the net in the match, and remains the club's youngest player and goalscorer.[2] She was the third top scorer of the 2010–11 season with 24 goals.[3]
In December 2015 she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury while playing for the Basque Country against Catalonia.[4]
Honours
Club
- Athletic Bilbao
References
- ^ Profile in Athletic Bilbao's web
- ^ Celebrating Ainhoa’s and Nekane’s debut anniversary, Athletic Bilbao, 9 August 2020
- ^ Boquete, the queen of goal La Voz de Galicia
- ^ "Se confirma la rotura del cruzado de Nekane Díez" (in Spanish). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
External links
- Profile at Athletic Bilbao
- Profile at La Liga (in Spanish)