Leyre Monente

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Monente and the second or maternal family name is Aicua.
Leyre Monente
Personal information
Full name Leyre Monente Aicua
Date of birth (2000-02-15) February 15, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Logroño, Spain
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)
Youth career
– Loyola[1]
– Balsamaiso
– Comillas[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 EdF Logroño
2015–2021 Athletic Club B 62 (30)
2016–2023 Athletic Club 32 (2)
2023– Alavés Gloriosas 6 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Spain U17 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:05, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Leyre Monente Aicua (born 15 February 2000) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Alavés Gloriosas as a forward or attacking midfielder. She began her career with Athletic Club.

Having made her Primera División debut for Athletic aged 16 in 2016,[3] her early career was disrupted by serious injuries, including a torn anterior cruciate ligament plus other issues in 2017 which kept her out for more than a year,[4] and a shoulder problem which required surgery in late 2019[5] but then recurred in 2021,[6] just after she had re-established herself in the Athletic squad and been confirmed as having moved up from the B-team on a permanent basis.[4][7] She finally made a first appearance of the 2021–22 season as a substitute against Valencia on 2 April 2022.[8][9] She departed the club in May 2023[10] and signed for Alavés two months later.[11][12]

Monente was selected for the Spain age-group squads that won the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in 2015[2][1] and finished runners-up in 2016; she also claimed a bronze medal at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[13]

Her experiences with injuries and the enforced breaks from playing led her to pursue a course in physiotherapy as a possible future career.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Leyre Monente: "Mi mayor sueño como futbolista es poder levantar un título con el Athletic Club"" [Leyre Monente: "My biggest dream as a footballer is to be able to lift a title with Athletic Club"]. Grada3.com (in Spanish). 7 May 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b "La chica de oro del fútbol riojano" [The golden girl of La Rioja football]. La Rioja (in Spanish). 24 July 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. ^ Monente: Leyre Monente Aicua, BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2022
  4. ^ a b "Leyre Monente ya es del primer equipo femenino del Athletic" [Leyre Monente is now in the Athletic women's first team]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Iraia Iturregi pierde a Leyre Monente 4-5 meses" [Iraia Iturregi loses Leyre Monente for 4-5 months]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Parte médico de Leyre Monente" [Leyre Monente medical report] (in Spanish). Athletic Club. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Leyre Monente tendrá ficha del primer equipo" [Leyre Monente will have a place in the first team]. El Correo (in Spanish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  8. ^ ""Tengo muchas ganas de empezar"" ["I really want to start"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Athletic Club Women draw against Valencia CF". Athletic Club. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Leyre Monente no seguirá en el Athletic tras cuatro temporadas en Lezama" [Leyre Monente will not continue at Athletic after four seasons in Lezama]. EITB (in Spanish). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Leyre Monente se une a las Gloriosas" [Leyre Monente joins the Gloriosas] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Un Alavés Gloriosas con mucho sabor riojano" [An Alavés Gloriosas with a lot of Rioja flavor] (in Spanish). El Correo. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  13. ^ Leyre Monente, Soccerway. Retrieved 4 April 2022