Ismael Athuman

Ismael Athuman
Personal information
Full name	Ismael Said Athuman González
Date of birth	1 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Maspalomas, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Las Palmas B
Youth career
0000–2011	Vecindario
2011–2014	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2015	Las Palmas C
2014–2017	Las Palmas B
2016	→ Cacereño (loan)
2017	Granada B
2017–2018	Fuenlabrada
2018–	Las Palmas B
International career‡
2016–	Kenya
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

Ismael Said Athuman González (born 1 February 1995) is a Kenyan footballer who plays for Spanish club UD Las Palmas Atlético, and the Kenya national team. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Athuman was born in Maspalomas, Las Palmas, to a Kenyan father and a Spanish mother. He played youth football with UD Vecindario and UD Las Palmas. He had unsuccessful trials at Manchester City. ^[1]

Athuman received his first call from Kenya in mid May 2016, for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Congo the following month. He made his debut on 31 May 2016 in a friendly with Sudan.^[2]

Athuman's father, Said Ali Athuman Mbaga, known as Billy, is a Kenyan contortionist and acrobat, who lives in Gran Canaria.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Billy, un artista de goma y de la UD" (in Spanish). La Provincia. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ "Harambee Stars rallies to draw Sudan in friendly". Soka. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

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