Markel Susaeta

Markel Susaeta
Susaeta playing for Athletic Bilbao in 2018
Personal information
Full name Markel Susaeta Laskurain[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-14) 14 December 1987 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Eibar, Spain[2]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1997–2005 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Basconia 36 (4)
2006–2008 Bilbao Athletic 41 (3)
2007–2019 Athletic Bilbao 379 (38)
2019–2020 Gamba Osaka 5 (0)
2020 Melbourne City 10 (2)
2020–2021 Macarthur 21 (5)
Total 492 (52)
International career
2007–2008 Spain U21 3 (0)
2010–2016 Basque Country 7 (1)
2012 Spain 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Markel Susaeta Laskurain (Basque: [markel s̺us̺aeta las̺kuɾain], Spanish: [ˈmaɾkel susaˈeta laskuˈɾajn]; born 14 December 1987) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right winger.

He spent almost the entirety of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao after making his debut with the first team in 2007, appearing in 507 competitive matches and scoring 56 goals for the club.[4][5] He also played in Japan with Gamba Osaka, and in Australia with Melbourne City and Macarthur.

Susaeta won one full cap for Spain in 2012.

  1. ^ Markel Susaeta at AS.com (in Spanish) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Markel Susaeta". Eurosport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Susaeta". Athletic Bilbao. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ^ Rivas, Jon (8 May 2019). "Markel Susaeta, el jugador desconocido" [Markel Susaeta, the unknown player]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. ^ Mallo, Juanma (6 July 2019). "El AEK, detrás de Susaeta" [AEK, after Susaeta]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2021.