Jone Amezaga

Jone Amezaga
Personal information
Full name Jone Amezaga Martínez
Date of birth (2005-01-02) 2 January 2005 (age 20)[1]
Place of birth Zalla, Spain[2]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Club
Number 31
Youth career
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
Women's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Winner 2022 India
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner 2023 Belgium
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Runner-up 2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina
*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

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

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

Spain U17

Spain U19

References

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Amezaga and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
  2. ^ 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]
  1. ^ Jone Amezaga at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Amezaga". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Amezaga". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Athletic Club Women smash Villarreal, Athletic Club website, 28 November 2022
  8. ^ "Calm, cool and collected Amezaga ready to punish Colombia again". FIFA. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Ortega & Amezaga, two friends achieving their dreams together, Athletic Club website, 1 December 2022
  11. ^ "U-17 queens Spain make it two in a row". FIFA.com. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Germany win Women's 17 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Spain win 2023 Women's U19 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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