Jon Morcillo

Jon Morcillo Conesa (born 15 September 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Athletic Bilbao.

Club Career

Born in Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, Basque Country to a Basque father and a mother from Cartagena, Murcia, Morcillo represented SD Amorebieta and SCD Durango as a youth. He made his senior debut with the latter's first team on 1 May 2016, in a 2–0 Tercera Division away loss against CD Vitoria.

In June 2016, Morcillo joined Athletic Bilbao at the age of 17, being initially assigned to the farm team also playing in the regional fourth level. Promoted to the third-tier reserves in June 2018, he made his debut for the side on 25 August of that year, playing the last four minutes of a 2–0 home win against CD Tudelano.

Morcillo scored his first goal for the B-team on 25 November 2018, netting the opener in a 1–1 away draw against Barakaldo CF. He emerged as an important player during the 2019–20 campaign by contributing with ten goals, including a strike from the halfway line in a 3–0 win at Tudelano on 22 September 2019.