Peru Nolaskoain

Peru Nolaskoain
Personal information
Full name	Peru Nolaskoain Esnal
Date of birth	25 October 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Zumaia, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Athletic Bilbao
Number	31
Youth career
2014–2015	Antiguoko
2015–2016	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–	Bilbao Athletic
2018–	Athletic Bilbao
International career
2017	Spain U19
2016	Spain U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 August 2018

Peru Nolaskoain Esnal (born 25 October 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao. Mainly a central midfielder, he can also play as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Zumaia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, joined Athletic Bilbao's Lezama in 2015, from Antiguoko.^[1] On 13 June 2016, he was promoted to the farm team, but moved straight to the reserves.^[2]

Nolaskoain made his senior debut on 21 August 2016, coming on as a first-half substitute for Tarsi and scoring his team's second in a 3–0 Segunda División B home win against UD Socuéllamos.^[3] During the 2018 pre-season, he was converted to a central defender by new first-team manager Eduardo Berizzo.^[4]

Nolaskoain made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 20 August 2018, starting and scoring the opener in a 2–1 home win against CD Leganés.^[5]

^ "El Athletic capta del Antiguoko al juvenil Nolaskoain" [Athletic get from Antiguoko the youth player Nolaskoain] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ "New players joining Basconia". Athletic Bilbao. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ "(3–0) Los cachorros solucionan su destierro" [(3–0) The puppies solve their exile] (in Spanish). Deia. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ "Nolaskoain se gana ser el cuarto central del Athletic de Berizzo" [Nolaskoain wins on being the fourth stopper of Berizzo's Athletic] (in Spanish). El Correo. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ Zaballa, Carlos (20 August 2018). "Nolaskoain estrena la era Berizzo y Jonathan Silva empata seis minutos después" [Nolaskoain debuts the Berizzo era and Jonathan Silva draws five minutes later] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 21 August 2018.