Ewan Urain

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Ewan Urain
Personal information
Full name Ewan Roy Urain Aird
Date of birth (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Durango, Spain
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Unionistas
Number 19
Youth career
Durango
2015–2018 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Basconia 29 (13)
2019–2023 Bilbao Athletic 49 (10)
2023 → Amorebieta (loan) 18 (2)
2023– Unionistas 11 (0)
International career‡
2021– Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021

Ewan Roy Urain Aird (born 10 March 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Unionistas. [1] Born in Spain, he represented Scotland at under-21 level.

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Background

Urain was born in Durango in the Basque region. [2] [3] [4] [5] His mother Diane grew up in Dumfriesshire, taught English abroad and met her Biscayan husband in Spain. [6]

Club career

After a spell with hometown side SCD Durango, he joined Athletic Bilbao in 2015. [7] He turned out for the club at under-16 and under-17 level before hitting 19 goals for the under-18 side. In 2018 he scored 13 goals for the club's farm team CD Basconia, based in Basauri. [8] [2]

He began to feature regularly for the B team in the 2020–21 season (though interrupted by injuries) [8] as the side reached the play-offs for promotion to the second division, but lost in the last round. [9]

Having missed parts of the 2021–22 Primera Federación campaign with injuries and been used mainly as a late substitute when he was available, which continued at the start of 2022–23, in December 2022 he moved on loan to SD Amorebieta, playing at the same level as Bilbao Athletic, for the remainder of that season. [10]

International career

Urain was called up by Scotland Under-21s in 2021 for matches with Northern Ireland. [2] [11] [12]

Style of play

Urain has been described as an old-fashioned striker making use of his height and strength, [8] and has been compared with former Athletic Bilbao player Fernando Llorente. [3]

Honours

Amorebieta

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References

  1. ↑ Ewan Urain at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 3 "Ewan Urain: Who is the Bilbao Athletic striker in the Scotland Under-21 squad?". www.scotsman.com. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Ewan Urain: Scotland under-21 lifts lid on his Athletic Bilbao footballing upbringing and Fernando Llorente comparisons". www.scotsman.com. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Scotland youth striker Ewan Urain on 'magician' Stephen Kelly". Daily Record. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "'Glenn wants to learn Spanish... I don't know why'". BBC Sport. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Dumfries and Galloway link sees Basque-born striker in Scotland under-21 squad, Daily Record, 28 May 2021
  7. ↑ Escocia convoca a Ewan Urain, canterano del Athletic [Scotland summons Ewan Urain, Athletic youth product], Diario AS (in Spanish), 25 May 2021
  8. 1 2 3 El ariete Ewan Urain vuelve a ser reclutado por Escocia Sub-21 [Striker Ewan Urain is again recruited by Scotland U21], El Correo (in Spanish), 23 August 2021
  9. ↑ RESUMEN | Saúl Berjón recoge el testigo de Dani Pendín como héroe del conjunto burgalés (1-0) [SUMMARY | Saúl Berjón picks up the witness of Dani Pendín as the hero of the Burgos team (1-0)], RFEF (in Spanish), 23 May 2021
  10. ↑ Ewan Urain, cedido por el Athletic Club, nuevo delantero azul) [Ewan Urain, on loan from Athletic Club, new blue striker], SD Amorebieta (in Spanish), 28 December 2022
  11. ↑ "Bilbao's Urain called up by Scotland". BBC Sport. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Athletic Bilbao's Ewan Urain name drops two 'special' Rangers players". Glasgow Times. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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