Unai Lopez

Unai Lopez Cabrera (Basque: [unai lopes̻]; Spanish: [ˈunaj ˈlopeθ]; born 30 October 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a central midfielder.

Club Career

Born in Errenteria, Gipuzkoa, Lopez joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2011 at the age of 14 from neighbouring Real Sociedad, after starting out at Antiguoko. He made his debut as a senior with the farm team in the 2012–13 season in Tercera Division, and in June 2013 was promoted to the reserves in Segunda Division B.

Lopez was called up to the main squad by manager Ernesto Valverde on 2 July 2014, for pre-season matches. In August he was also added in the B list for the campaign's UEFA Champions League, being assigned the number 29 jersey.

On 27 August 2014, Lopez was named on the bench for the Champions League play-off match against S.S.C. Napoli. He made his first-team debut the following day, coming on as a substitute for Markel Susaeta in the 72nd minute of a 3–1 home win and also providing an assist to Ibai Gomez in the last goal.

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