Aitor Paredes

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Aitor Paredes
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Paredes in 2022
Personal information
Full name Aitor Paredes Casamichana
Date of birth (2000-04-29) 29 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 4
Youth career
Etorkisun
2010–2018 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Basconia 49 (2)
2019–2022 Bilbao Athletic 53 (4)
2021– Athletic Bilbao 58 (2)
International career‡
2018 Spain U18 4 (0)
2018–2019 Spain U19 4 (0)
2023 Spain U21 7 (0)
2024– Spain 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2023 Georgia–Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024

Aitor Paredes Casamichana (born 29 April 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao and the Spain national team.

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Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Paredes joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2010, from Etorkisun Alea GE. He made his senior debut with the farm team during the 2018–19 season, in Tercera División.

Paredes made his debut with the reserves on 6 December 2019, starting in a 0–1 Segunda División B away loss against SD Leioa. [1] [2] Definitely promoted to the B-side in June 2020, he subsequently became a regular starter for the team, playing in 18 matches (play-offs included) of the 2020–21 campaign, scoring once in a 3–0 home success over Barakaldo CF on 3 January 2021. [3]

On 26 May 2021, Paredes renewed his contract with the Lions until 2025. [4] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 29 August 2022, coming on as a late substitute for Iñigo Lekue in a 4–0 away routing of Cádiz CF. [5] A short time prior to his debut he was the sixth-choice central defender in the squad, behind Iñigo Martínez, Yeray Álvarez, Daniel Vivian, Unai Núñez and Peru Nolaskoain; however, the latter pair departed on loan, and injuries to the others gave Paredes some opportunities (nine starts and seven further appearances from the bench) during 2022–23.

From the start of the next season, with Martínez having joined FC Barcelona and Yeray still absent with physical issues, the relatively inexperienced Vivian and Paredes (aged 24 and 23 respectively) formed an effective defensive partnership as the team challenged at the top end of the table, [6] [7] and won the Copa del Rey to end the club's 40-year unsuccessful sequence in the competition. [8] Paredes scored his first goal in the top tier on 4 January 2024, in a 2–0 away win over Sevilla FC, [9] [10] and renewed his contract until 2029 on 21 March. [11] [12] [13]

International career

Paredes featured in the under-18, under-19, and under-21 categories of the Spanish national team. On 30 June 2018, he was proclaimed champion of the Mediterranean Games with the under-18 team coached by Luis de la Fuente, where he was a starter. [14]

On 17 March 2023, he was called up to the under-21s led by Santi Denia. [15] On 2 June of that year, he was called up to the squad taking part in the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Georgia and Romania; [16] he was part of the starting eleven in five of the six matches at the tournament, including the final against England. [17]

Paredes made his debut for Spain national team on 18 November 2024 in a Nations League game against Switzerland at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López. He played the full game as Spain won 3–2. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Copa del Rey EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basconia 2018–19 Tercera División 292———292
2019–20 Tercera División200———200
Total492———492
Bilbao Athletic 2019–20 Segunda División B 70———70
2020–21 Segunda División B161——2 [a] 0181
2021–22 Primera Federación 303———303
Total534——20554
Athletic Bilbao 2022–23 La Liga 16010——170
2023–24 La Liga34160——401
2024–25 La Liga81004 [b] 1—122
Total5827041—693
Career total16187041201749

International

As of match played 18 November 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 202410
Total10


Honours

Athletic Bilbao

Spain U21

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  2. ↑ "Aitor Paredes makes Bilbao Athletic debut in loss to Leioa". Inside Athletic. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "El Bilbao Athletic se sube al liderato a costa del colista" [Bilbao Athletic reach the leadership at the expense of the last-placed team] (in Spanish). Deia. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "El Athletic oficializa la renovación de otros tres cachorros" [Athletic turn official the renewal of another three puppies] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "El Cádiz es un regalo para el Athletic" [Cádiz is a gift to Athletic] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Una defensa reconstruida en el Athletic" [A rebuilt defence at Athletic] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "El Chelsea, atento a la evolución de Paredes" [Chelsea, attentive to the evolution of Paredes] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  8. 1 2 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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  16. ↑ "Agirrezabala, Paredes y Sancet tendrán menos vacaciones" [Agirrezabala, Paredes and Sancet will have fewer holidays]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 June 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  17. ↑ CANENCIA, ÓSCAR LÓPEZ (8 July 2023). "Inglaterra contiene a España y se proclama campeona del Europeo sub-21" [England contains Spain and is proclaimed champion of the U21 European Championship]. RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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