Leyre Monente

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Leyre Monente
Personal information
Full name Leyre Monente Aicua
Date of birth (2000-02-15) February 15, 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Logroño, Spain
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)
Youth career
– Loyola [1]
– Balsamaiso
– Comillas [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 EdF Logroño
2015–2021 Athletic Club B 62 (30)
2016–2023 Athletic Club 32 (2)
International career‡
2015–2016 Spain U17 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Leyre Monente Aicua (born 15 February 2000) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder. She began her career with Athletic Club.

Having made her Primera División debut for Athletic aged 16 in 2016, [3] her early career was disrupted by serious injuries, including a torn anterior cruciate ligament plus other issues in 2017 which kept her out for more than a year, [4] and a shoulder problem which required surgery in late 2019 [5] but then recurred in 2021, [6] just after she had re-established herself in the Athletic squad and been confirmed as having moved up from the B-team on a permanent basis. [4] [7] She finally made a first appearance of the 2021–22 season as a substitute against Valencia on 2 April 2022. [8] [9] She departed the club in 2023. [10]

Monente was selected for the Spain age-group squads that won the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in 2015 [2] [1] and finished runners-up in 2016; she also claimed a bronze medal at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [11]

Her experiences with injuries and the enforced breaks from playing led her to pursue a course in physiotherapy as a possible future career. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Leyre Monente: "Mi mayor sueño como futbolista es poder levantar un título con el Athletic Club"" [Leyre Monente: "My biggest dream as a footballer is to be able to lift a title with Athletic Club"]. Grada3.com (in Spanish). 7 May 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 "La chica de oro del fútbol riojano" [The golden girl of La Rioja football]. La Rioja (in Spanish). 24 July 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Monente: Leyre Monente Aicua, BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 April 2022
  4. 1 2 "Leyre Monente ya es del primer equipo femenino del Athletic" [Leyre Monente is now in the Athletic women's first team]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Iraia Iturregi pierde a Leyre Monente 4-5 meses" [Iraia Iturregi loses Leyre Monente for 4-5 months]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Parte médico de Leyre Monente" [Leyre Monente medical report] (in Spanish). Athletic Club. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Leyre Monente tendrá ficha del primer equipo" [Leyre Monente will have a place in the first team]. El Correo (in Spanish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  8. ↑ ""Tengo muchas ganas de empezar"" ["I really want to start"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Athletic Club Women draw against Valencia CF". Athletic Club. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Leyre Monente no seguirá en el Athletic tras cuatro temporadas en Lezama" [Leyre Monente will not continue at Athletic after four seasons in Lezama]. EITB (in Spanish). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Leyre Monente, Soccerway. Retrieved 4 April 2022
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