Jone Amezaga
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| Full name | Jone Amezaga Martínez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 January 2005[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zalla, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pauldarrak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Athletic Club C | 15 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Athletic Club B | 32 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Athletic Club | 45 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Spain U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Spain U17 | 15 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Spain U19 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jone Amezaga Martínez[a] (born 2 January 2005) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Athletic Club.
Club career
[edit]Amezaga started her career with Pauldarrak and joined Athletic Club's academy aged 12.[3] She made her professional debut in the Liga F against Sporting Huelva in September 2022 aged 17, starting the match and opening the scoring with her first touch of the ball within the first minute of play.[4][5] She continued to feature regularly that season,[6] making 22 appearances and scoring three more goals[b] including one at the club's main San Mamés stadium against Real Sociedad.[5]
International career
[edit]Amezaga made her debut for the Spain under-17 squad in September 2021 against Serbia. She was a member of the squads which finished runners-up at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, then won the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[8]
She subsequently moved up to the under 19s, and won the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[9] Her progression at club and international levels closely mirrored her teammate and friend Sara Ortega.[6][10]
Honours
[edit]Spain U17
Spain U19
References
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Amezaga and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
- ^ Some sources, including Athletic's website, credit her with 2 goals against Villarreal, but the first rebounded off the post and went in off the goalkeeper, as seen in video footage.[7]
- ^ Jone Amezaga at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Amezaga". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Amezaga". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Marta Griñán (21 September 2022). "Jone Amezaga, el debut perfecto de una delantera con ADN de leona" [Jone Amezaga, the perfect debut of a forward with lioness DNA]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Mayoría de edad, de 'golpe y porrazo' en Lezama para Jone Amezaga" [Coming of age, 'hit and blow' in Lezama for Jone Amezaga]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Jone Amezaga: "Todavía no tengo asimilado lo que me está ocurriendo"" [Jone Amezaga: "I still haven't processed what is happening to me"]. Deia (in Spanish). 7 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Athletic Club Women smash Villarreal, Athletic Club website, 28 November 2022
- ^ "Calm, cool and collected Amezaga ready to punish Colombia again". FIFA. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Endika Río (30 July 2023). "Ortega, Zubieta y Amezaga volverán a Bilbao como campeonas" [Ortega, Zubieta y Amezaga return to Bilbao as champions]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Ortega & Amezaga, two friends achieving their dreams together, Athletic Club website, 1 December 2022
- ^ "U-17 queens Spain make it two in a row". FIFA.com. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Germany win Women's 17 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Spain win 2023 Women's U19 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Jone Amezaga at Athletic Club
- Jone Amezaga at ESPN FC
- Jone Amezaga at FBref.com
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