Peio Canales

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Peio Canales
Personal information
Full name Peio Canales Urtasun
Date of birth (2005-01-17) 17 January 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Barrika, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Athletic Bilbao
Number 28
Youth career
Barrika
2016–2023 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023–2024 Basconia 0 (0)
2023– Bilbao Athletic 37 (4)
2024– Athletic Bilbao 1 (0)
International career
2022–2023 Spain U18 8 (1)
2023– Spain U19 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Peio Canales Urtasun (born 17 January 2005) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Athletic Bilbao.

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Club career

Born in Barrika, Biscay, Basque Country, Canales joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2016, from hometown side Barrika FE. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 3 September 2023, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–0 Segunda Federación away draw against UD Logroñés.

Canales spent most of the campaign with the B-team, scoring his first goals on 25 November 2023, by netting a brace in a 4–0 home routing of CD Tudelano. [1] On 16 April 2024, he renewed his contract until 2027. [2] He only featured once with the farm team CD Basconia, a 3–0 home loss to Club Portugalete in the 2024 Tercera Federación play-offs.

Canales made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 29 September 2024, replacing Álex Berenguer in a 1–1 home draw against Sevilla FC. [3] [4]

International career

Canales represented Spain at under-18 [5] and under-19 levels.

Career statistics

As of match played 29 September 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basconia 2023–24 Tercera Federación 001 [a] 010
Bilbao Athletic 2023–24 Segunda Federación 263263
2024–25 Segunda Federación5050
Total313313
Athletic Bilbao 2024–25 La Liga 1000000010
Career total323000010333

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References

  1. "La última perla de Lezama de la que todo el Athletic Club habla" [The latest pearl of Lezama who all Athletic Club talk about] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. "El Athletic blinda a Canales, una de las perlas de Lezama, ante el interés de otros clubes" [Athletic tie up Canales, one of the pearls of Lezama, amidst interest from other clubs] (in Spanish). El Correo. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. "Peio Canales debuta con el Athletic Club" [Peio Canales debuts with Athletic Club] (in Spanish). Athletic Bilbao. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  4. "Debuta Canales, la perla a la que quería el United" [Canales debuts, the pearl wanted by United] (in Spanish). El Correo. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. "El centrocampista rojiblanco Peio Canales llega a la Sub18" [The red-and-white central midfielder Peio Canales reaches the under-18s] (in Spanish). Juvenil División de Honor. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2024.