Ane Azkona
Spanish footballer (born 1998)
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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.
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Azkona (centre) with Athletic Club in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ane Azkona Fuente | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1998[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Athletic Club | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| 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 | 161 | (32) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Spain U19 | 5 | (4) |
| 2022– | Spain | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2022 | |||
Club career
A keen rock climber and ballerina as a child, Azkona started her career playing futsal for Gazte Berriak, a team based in Ansoain.[3] Following this, she spent a year at Ardoi before signing for Athletic Club aged 18.[4] On 13 January 2019, she scored her first league goal for Athletic, in the 94th minute of a match against Sporting de Huelva.[5][6] 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.[7][8]
On 10 June 2020, it was announced that she had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee during a training session.[9] She returned from this injury over eight months later.[7] She became an increasingly important member of the team over the subsequent seasons as other players departed;[3] in March 2023 she agreed a new contract running to 2026.[10]
International career
Azkona was part of the Spain under-19 squad which won the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[11][3] In October 2019, she was called up to the inaugural squad for España Promesas (essentially Spain B), along with two clubmates.[12][13] 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.[14]
