Ane Azkona | |
Full Name: | Ane Azkona Fuente |
Birth Date: | 1998 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Pamplona, Spain[1] |
Height: | 1.64 m |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Athletic Club |
Clubnumber: | 11 |
Youthyears1: | 2012–2014 |
Youthclubs1: | Gazte Berriak |
Years1: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs1: | Gazte Berriak |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs2: | Ardoi |
Years3: | 2016–2019 |
Clubs3: | Athletic Club B |
Caps3: | 62 |
Goals3: | 71 |
Years4: | 2016– |
Clubs4: | Athletic Club |
Caps4: | 134 |
Goals4: | 26 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
Nationalteam1: | Spain U19 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
Nationalyears2: | 2022– |
Nationalteam2: | Spain |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 11:43, 30 June 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 11 October 2022 |
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.
A keen rock climber and ballerina as a child, Azkona started her career playing futsal for Gazte Berriak, a team based in Ansoain. Following this, she spent a year at Ardoi before signing for Athletic Club aged 18.[2] On 13 January 2019, she scored her first league goal for Athletic, in the 94th minute of a match against Sporting de Huelva.[3] [4] 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.[5] [6]
On 10 June 2020, it was announced that she had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee during a training session.[7] She returned from this injury over eight months later.[5] She became an increasingly important member of the team over the subsequent seasons as other players departed;[8] in March 2023 she agreed a new contract running to 2026.[9]
Azkona was part of the Spain under-19 squad which won the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[10] [8] In October 2019, she was called up to the inaugural squad for España Promesas (essentially Spain B), along with two clubmates.[11] [12] 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.[13]