Unai Gómez

Unai Gómez
Gómez in 2023
Personal information
Full name Unai Gómez Etxebarria
Date of birth (2003-05-25) 25 May 2003
Place of birth Bermeo, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Udinese
Youth career
2013–2014 Bermeo
2014–2016 Athletic Bilbao
2016–2019 Danok Bat
2019–2021 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Basconia 31 (5)
2022–2025 Bilbao Athletic 35 (2)
2023–2026 Athletic Bilbao 83 (4)
2026– Udinese 0 (0)
International career‡
2024– Spain U21 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:40, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Unai Gómez Etxebarria (born 25 May 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Udinese.

Career

Athletic Bilbao

Born in Bermeo, Biscay, Basque Country, Gómez joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2013 from hometown side Bermeo. He left in 2016, and spent three years with Danok Bat before returning to the Lezama Facilities in 2019.[1]

Gómez was promoted to the farm team in the Tercera División RFEF on 19 July 2021,[2] and made his senior debut on 5 September, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Barakaldo. He scored his first senior goal on 21 November, netting the winner in a 1–0 home success over Santutxu.

Gómez celebrating a goal with Bilbao Athletic in 2023

Gómez was promoted to the reserves on 10 July 2022,[3] and made his first appearance for the side on 28 August by coming on as a second-half substitute for Ewan Urain in a 2–1 Primera Federación home loss against La Nucía. He scored his first goals for the B-side on 29 January 2023, netting a brace in a 3–0 home win over Logroñés.[4]

In the summer of 2023, he was one of the players chosen to do the preseason with the senior squad,[5] where he was one of the most outstanding performers.[6][7][8] In addition, within the first few minutes of his first friendly match as a starter, he scored a goal against Celtic.[9] On 12 August 2023, he made his full La Liga debut at the San Mamés in a defeat against Real Madrid.[10] On 27 August, he scored his first professional goal to seal a 4–2 victory against Real Betis.[11] On 20 October, he renewed his contract with Athletic until June 2028.[12] On 20 December, he scored with a header following a save by Álvaro Valles, to secure a 1–0 victory over Las Palmas in the 94th minute.[13][14]

Udinese

On 8 July 2026, Serie A club Udinese announced the signing of Gómez on a five-year contract.[15]

International career

On 15 March 2024, Gómez was called up by under-21 coach Santi Denia for two qualifying matches for the Under-21 European Championship against Slovakia and Belgium.[16][17]

Career statistics

As of 19 July 2026[18][19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basconia 2021–22 Tercera División RFEF 335———335
Bilbao Athletic 2022–23 Primera Federación 342———342
2023–24 Segunda Federación 10———10
Total 352———352
Athletic Bilbao 2023–24 La Liga 25280——332
2024–25 La Liga 3211013[a]11[b]0472
2025–26 La Liga 261317[c]01[b]0372
Total 834121201201166
Career total 151111212012018513
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 Appearance in Supercopa de España
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

References

  1. ↑ "Unai Gómez, el tapado de Lezama" [Unai Gómez, the cover of Lezama] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "El CD Basconia inicia su pretemporada" [CD Basconia start their pre-season] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "El Bilbao Athletic 2022–23 echa a rodar" [Bilbao Athletic 2022–23 is up and running] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "El Bilbao Athletic gana cuatro meses después" [Bilbao Athletic win four months later] (in Spanish). Deia. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Beltrán, Javier R. (27 June 2023). "Gastesi, Barandalla, Eguiluz y Bita se suman a la pretemporada del Athletic". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Unai Gómez es "una posibilidad clara" para el primer equipo del Athletic". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 July 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Unai Gómez llama a la puerta". Marca (in Spanish). 22 July 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Beltrán, Javier R. (23 July 2023). "Unai Gómez tiene boletos para pasar el corte este verano". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Unai Gómez se gana a Valverde, al vestuario y a la afición rojiblanca". Relevo (in Spanish). 1 August 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Unai Gómez, debut con sorpresa y sustitido en el descanso". MARCA (in Spanish). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Unai Gómez y un gol inolvidable: Dedicatoria a su abuela, el 'gallo' de sus amigos y el vacile del vestuario". Relevo (in Spanish). 28 August 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Unai Gómez renueva con el Athletic hasta 2028". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 October 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Unai Gómez: "Me he tirado con todo, no he visto entrar el balón y me he enterado del gol por la gente"". MARCA (in Spanish). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "Conexión Bermeo: el gol del Athletic se gesta con dos amigos de siempre". MARCA (in Spanish). 21 December 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  15. ↑ "Welcome, Unai!". Udinese Calcio. 8 July 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  16. ↑ Mateos, Alain (15 March 2024). "La temporada de Unai Gómez tiene premio: convocado con la sub'21 a cinco meses de los Juegos". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  17. ↑ Camacho, Ignacio (15 March 2024). "Joseph, Huijsen y Mosquera renuevan la Sub-21". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  18. ↑ Unai Gómez at BDFutbol
  19. ↑ Unai Gómez at Soccerway
  20. ↑ 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.
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