Enrique Aguilar (footballer)

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Enrique Aguilar
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Aguilar in 2025
Personal information
Full name Enrique Marlon Aguilar
Date of birth (2007-01-27) 27 January 2007 (age 18)
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 43
Youth career
2016 Black Stars Basel
2016–2023 Basel
2023–2024 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Liefering 30 (6)
2025– Red Bull Salzburg 2 (0)
International career‡
2022–2023 Switzerland U16 6 (1)
2023 Switzerland U17 5 (1)
2024–2025 Switzerland U18 7 (1)
2025– Switzerland U19 5 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:14, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:14, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Enrique Marlon Aguilar (born 27 January 2007) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian Football Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.

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Career

Aguilar is a product of the youth academies of the Swiss clubs Black Stars Basel and Basel, before moving to the academy of the Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg on 27 February 2023. [1] On 9 August 2024 he was promoted to Red Bull Salzburg's farm team Liefering in the 2024–25 season in the 2. Liga. On 18 February 2025, he extended his contract with Red Bull Salzburg until 2027. [2] In June 2025, he was named to Red Bull Salzburg's squad for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. [3] On 26 July 2025, he debuted with the senior Red Bull Salzburg team in a 4–0 Austrian Cup win over Union Dietach. [4]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Aguilar has dual Swiss and Spanish citizenship. [3] He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played for the Switzerland U19 for 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches in November 2025. [5]

Personal life

Aguilar was born in Switzerland to a DR Congolese father and Spanish mother and holds Swiss and Spanish citizenship. [3] He is of Panamanian descent through a grandfather. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Live Sport und News".
  2. ↑ Nachrichten, Salzburger (22 February 2025). "Nach Vertragsverlängerung bei Red Bull Salzburg: Offensivtalent glückt Hattrick - Debütant verletzt". Salzburger Nachrichten.
  3. 1 2 3 "Schweizer Talent in der Bullenschmiede – Enrique Aguilar hofft an der Klub-WM aufs Debüt". watson.ch.
  4. ↑ "Liveticker | Union Dietach - RB Salzburg 0:4 | 1. Runde | ÖFB-UNIQA-Cup 2025/26". kicker.
  5. ↑ "Schweizer Juwel bei Salzburg - Der steile Aufstieg des Enrique Aguilar". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF).
  6. ↑ "Una nueva joya europea entra en el radar de la selección de Panamá". elsiglo.com.pa.
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