Aitor Paredes
 Paredes in 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aitor Paredes Casamichana | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 April 2000 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Athletic Bilbao | |||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Etorkisun | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2018 | Athletic Bilbao | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Basconia | 49 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Bilbao Athletic | 53 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Athletic Bilbao | 46 | (1) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Spain U19 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Spain U21 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:51, 19 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Aitor Paredes Casamichana (born 29 April 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao as a centre-back.
Club career[edit]
Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Paredes joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2010, from Etorkisun Alea GE. He made his senior debut with the farm team during the 2018–19 season, in Tercera División.
Paredes made his debut with the reserves on 6 December 2019, starting in a 0–1 Segunda División B away loss against SD Leioa.[1][2] Definitely promoted to the B-side in June 2020, he subsequently became a regular starter for the team, playing in 18 matches (play-offs included) of the 2020–21 campaign, scoring once in a 3–0 home success over Barakaldo CF on 3 January 2021.[3]
On 26 May 2021, Paredes renewed his contract with the Lions until 2025.[4] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 29 August 2022, coming on as a late substitute for Iñigo Lekue in a 4–0 away routing of Cádiz CF.[5] A short time prior to his debut he was the sixth-choice central defender in the squad, behind Iñigo Martínez, Yeray Álvarez, Daniel Vivian, Unai Núñez and Peru Nolaskoain; however, the latter pair departed on loan, and injuries to the others gave Paredes some opportunities (nine starts and seven further appearances from the bench) during 2022–23. From the start of the next season, with Martínez having joined FC Barcelona and Yeray still absent with physical issues, the relatively inexperienced Vivian and Paredes (aged 24 and 23 respectively) formed an effective defensive partnership as the team challenged at the top end of the table,[6][7] and won the Copa del Rey to end the club's 40-year unsuccessful sequence in the competition.[8]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 19 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Basconia | 2018–19 | Tercera División | 29 | 2 | — | — | — | 29 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | Tercera División | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 2 | — | — | — | 49 | 2 | |||||
| Bilbao Athletic | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 16 | 1 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Primera Federación | 30 | 3 | — | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 55 | 4 | ||||
| Athletic Bilbao | 2022–23 | La Liga | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | La Liga | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 53 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 149 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 7 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
Honours[edit]
Athletic Bilbao
Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2023[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Aitor Paredes, el pasajero 24 del filial" [Aitor Paredes, the 24th passenger of the reserves] (in Spanish). El Correo. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Aitor Paredes makes Bilbao Athletic debut in loss to Leioa". Inside Athletic. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "El Bilbao Athletic se sube al liderato a costa del colista" [Bilbao Athletic reach the leadership at the expense of the last-placed team] (in Spanish). Deia. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "El Athletic oficializa la renovación de otros tres cachorros" [Athletic turn official the renewal of another three puppies] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "El Cádiz es un regalo para el Athletic" [Cádiz is a gift to Athletic] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Una defensa reconstruida en el Athletic" [A rebuilt defence at Athletic] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "El Chelsea, atento a la evolución de Paredes" [Chelsea, attentive to the evolution of Paredes] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ a b Real, Mario Reinoso del (7 April 2024). "Athletic 1-1 (4-2) Mallorca, en directo: final de Copa del Rey 2024 | Celebración del Athletic, campeón de Copa". Diario AS.
- ^ England 1-0 Spain: James Trafford saves last-gasp penalty as England win dramatic UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Ben Southby, TNT Sports, 9 July 2023
External links[edit]
- Aitor Paredes at Athletic Club
- Aitor Paredes at BDFutbol
- Aitor Paredes at ESPN FC
- Aitor Paredes at FBref.com
- Aitor Paredes at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bilbao
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Primera Federación players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CD Basconia footballers
- Athletic Bilbao B footballers
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers