Bryan Gil

Not to be confused with Brayan Gil.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gil and the second or maternal family name is Salvatierra.
Bryan Gil
Gil playing for Spain in 2021
Personal information
Full name Bryan Gil Salvatierra[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 23)[2][3]
Place of birth L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain[4]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[5]
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Girona (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
Number 20
Youth career
Barbate
2012–2018 Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Sevilla B 23 (4)
2019–2021 Sevilla 14 (1)
2020 → Leganés (loan) 12 (1)
2020–2021 → Eibar (loan) 28 (4)
2021– Tottenham Hotspur 24 (0)
2022 → Valencia (loan) 14 (0)
2023 → Sevilla (loan) 17 (2)
2024– → Girona (loan) 16 (2)
International career
2017 Spain U16 3 (1)
2017–2018 Spain U17 11 (0)
2018 Spain U18 4 (0)
2019–2020 Spain U19 14 (1)
2020–2022 Spain U21 14 (4)
2021– Spain U23 6 (0)
2021– Spain 5 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up 2021 Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:03, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Bryan Gil Salvatierra (born 11 February 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or a left midfielder for La Liga club Girona, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

Gil began his professional career at Sevilla, and also had loan spells with Leganés, Eibar and Valencia in La Liga, totalling 67 games and six goals. In 2021, he joined Tottenham Hotspur for an initial £21.6 million.

Gil won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics with Spain's under-23 team. He made his senior international debut in 2021.

Club career

Sevilla

Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gil and his family moved to Barbate, Andalusia when he was a child and he was mainly raised there. In 2012, he joined Sevilla FC's youth setup, moving there from his hometown side Barbate CF.[6] Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2018–19 season, he made his senior debut on 26 August 2018, starting in a 0–1 Segunda División B home loss against UD Ibiza.[7]

Gil scored his first senior goal on 8 September 2018, netting the equaliser in a 2–1 home win against San Fernando CD. On 12 December, already a regular starter for the B-side, he renewed his contract until 2022.[8] On 23 February 2019, he was given a straight red card in a 2–1 win at Granada CF B, and two teammates were also sent off for arguing the dismissal.[9]

Gil made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 6 January 2019, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer Wissam Ben Yedder in a 1–1 home draw against Atlético Madrid.[10] He made ten more appearances – all off the bench – in his first season for the team, and scored on 25 April to conclude a 5–0 win over Rayo Vallecano at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium; the strike made him the first child of the 21st century to net in Spain's top flight.[11]

On 29 November 2019, Gil scored his first goal in European competition when he scored in a UEFA Europa League game against Qarabağ FK which ended 2–0 in favour of Sevilla.[12] The following 31 January, he moved to fellow top-tier side CD Leganés on loan for the remainder of the season.[13] On 19 July 2020, Gil scored against Real Madrid in a 2–2 home draw on the final day of the season.[14]

Gil was loaned to fellow top-tier side SD Eibar for the 2020–21 campaign on 5 October 2020, along with teammate Alejandro Pozo.[15] He scored four goals and assisted as many, as the team ended the season relegated.[16]

Tottenham Hotspur

Gil signed for Tottenham Hotspur at the beginning of the 2021–22 season in a fee part-exchange deal with Argentine Erik Lamela heading to Sevilla. Sky Sports reported the initial fee of £21.6 million,[17] and the contract length was for five years.[18]

Gil made his debut for the club on 19 August 2021 by starting in the UEFA Europa Conference League first leg tie against Paços de Ferreira, which ended in a 1–0 defeat.[19] Ten days later, he made his Premier League debut in a 1–0 home win over Watford as an 88th-minute replacement for goalscorer Son Heung-min.[20] His progress was limited by a thigh injury against Burnley in October, followed by a COVID-19 diagnosis in December.[21][22]

Having played just 85 minutes over nine league games, Gil was linked to a move back to La Liga in January 2022, to either Real Sociedad or Valencia.[23] On the last day of the month, he was loaned to the latter for the remainder of the season.[18] He made 17 total appearances for the club, including their penalty shootout defeat to Real Betis in the 2022 Copa del Rey Final on 23 April, in which he came on for goalscorer Hugo Duro with five minutes of regulation time remaining.[24]

On 30 January 2023, having made 11 appearances for Tottenham mainly as a substitute in the first half of the season – including winning a penalty and praise from manager Antonio Conte in the Champions League against Eintracht Frankfurt[25] – Gil was loaned back to Sevilla for its remainder.[26] Twelve days later, in his second game back and first start, he scored to conclude a 2–0 home win over RCD Mallorca.[27]

On 29 July 2024, Gil returned to Spain on another loan, but to Catalonia-based Girona instead.[28]

International career

Gil with Spain U19 in 2019

Gil was a member of the Spain under-19 team that won the 2019 UEFA European Championship in Armenia, starting in the 2–0 final win over neighbours Portugal.[29]

In March 2021, Gil received his first call-up to the Spain national team for the group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[30] He made his debut on 25 March 2021 against Greece, as a 65th-minute substitute for Sergio Canales in a 1–1 draw in Granada.[31]

Gil won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic tournament in Japan, delayed until the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[32]

In March 2023, Gil was recalled to the senior team by new manager Luis de la Fuente, despite only having 269 minutes of La Liga game time at Sevilla.[33]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sevilla B 2018–19 Segunda División B 23 4 — — — — 23 4
Sevilla 2018–19 La Liga 11 1 2 0 — 0 0 0 0 13 1
2019–20 La Liga 2 0 1 0 — 4[c] 1 — 7 1
2020–21 La Liga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 14 1 3 0 — 4 1 0 0 21 2
Leganés (loan) 2019–20 La Liga 12 1 0 0 — — — 12 1
Eibar (loan) 2020–21 La Liga 28 4 1 0 — — — 29 4
Tottenham Hotspur 2021–22 Premier League 9 0 1 0 4 0 6[d] 0 — 20 0
2022–23 Premier League 4 0 2 0 1 0 4[e] 0 — 11 0
2023–24 Premier League 11 0 1 0 0 0 — — 12 0
Total 24 0 4 0 5 0 10 0 — 43 0
Valencia (loan) 2021–22 La Liga 13 0 4 0 — — — 17 0
Sevilla (loan) 2022–23 La Liga 17 2 — — 7[c] 0 — 24 2
Girona (loan) 2024–25 La Liga 16 2 1 1 — 5[e] 0 — 22 3
Career total 147 14 13 1 5 0 26 1 0 0 191 16
  1. ^ Includes Copa del Rey, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 18 November 2024[34]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2021 4 0
2022 0 0
2023 0 0
2024 1 1
Total 5 1
As of match played 18 November 2024
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bryan Gil goal
List of international goals scored by Bryan Gil
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 November 2024 Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 5   Switzerland 2–1 3–2 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Sevilla

Spain U19

Spain U23

Spain

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