Unai Vencedor

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Unai Vencedor
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Vencedor with Athletic Bilbao in 2022
Personal information
Full name Unai Vencedor Paris
Date of birth (2000-11-15) 15 November 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Levante
(on loan from Athletic Bilbao)
Number 12
Youth career
2007–2017 Santutxu
2017–2018 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Bilbao Athletic 62 (5)
2020– Athletic Bilbao 73 (0)
2023–2024 → Eibar (loan) 38 (2)
2024–2025 → Racing Santander (loan) 38 (0)
2025– → Levante (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Spain U19 3 (0)
2021– Spain U21 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2022

Unai Vencedor Paris (born 15 November 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Levante UD, on loan from Athletic Bilbao.

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Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Vencedor joined Athletic Bilbao's Lezama academy in 2017, from Santutxu FC. [1] In June of the following year, after finishing his formation, he moved straight into the reserve squad for the pre-season (skipping the usual step to the farm team), [2] and made his senior debut on 29 September by starting in a 2–1 Segunda División B away loss against Real Oviedo Vetusta. [3]

He scored his first senior goal on 15 December 2018, netting his team's second in a 3–2 home win against CD Calahorra. [4] Six days later, he renewed his contract with the Lions until 2023. [5]

Vencedor made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 16 February 2020, starting in a 1–0 home defeat to CA Osasuna. [6] He did not feature again that season and was reported to have requested a loan move to continue his development, but was told he would be in contention for a place during the 2020–21 campaign. He had to wait until the end of November 2020 before making another start against Real Betis, [7] but was selected regularly from then on.

Having established himself in the squad (including winning the Supercopa de España with victories over Real Madrid then FC Barcelona), [8] in February 2021 Vencedor agreed a new contract with Athletic running to the summer of 2025, with a €40 million buyout clause. [9] During the 2022–23 campaign, however, he lost his starting spot to Mikel Vesga and Oihan Sancet.

On 5 August 2023, Vencedor was loaned to Segunda División side SD Eibar for the season. [10] On 10 July of the following year, he moved to fellow league team Racing de Santander also in a temporary one-year deal. [11]

On 2 September 2025, Athletic announced the loan of Vencedor to fellow top tier side Levante UD, for one year. [12]

International career

Vencedor with Spain U19 in 2019 Espana-escocia-sub19-63 (46374372584) (vencedor).jpg
Vencedor with Spain U19 in 2019

Vencedor is a youth international for Spain, having represented the under-19s in 2019 [13] and the under-21s in 2021. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 May 2022 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bilbao Athletic 2018–19 Segunda División B 362——362
2019–20 263—1 [a] 0273
Total6250010635
Athletic Bilbao 2019–20 La Liga 101 [b] 00020
2020–21 280402 [c] 0340
2021–22 3401000350
Total6306020710
Career total125560301345
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey Final (played in 2021)
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

References

  1. ↑ "El Athletic ficha a Unai Vencedor del Santutxu una de las jóvenes promesas del fútbol vizcaíno" [Athletic sign Unai Vencedor of Santutxu one of the young prospects of Biscayan football] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Preseason with Bilbao Athletic". Athletic Bilbao. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Los tres puntos se quedaron en casa: Real Oviedo B 2–1 Bilbao Ath" [The three points stayed at home: Real Oviedo B 2–1 Bilbao Ath.] (in Spanish). El Español. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Bilbao Athletic 3–2 Calahorra". Inside Athletic. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Renewals". Athletic Bilbao. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "La Copa distrae mucho" [The Cup is too much of a distraction] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Vencedor ha necesitado 281 días para ser titular....y no tiene seguro repetir en Getafe" [Vencedor has needed 281 days to start ... and has no guarantee to repeat in Getafe] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Bell, Arch (17 January 2021). "Williams sinks Barcelona and Athletic claim the Supercopa". Marca. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Vencedor renews until 2025, Athletic Club website, 8 February 2021
  10. ↑ "Unai Vencedor loaned to SD Eibar". Athletic Bilbao. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "Vencedor loaned to Racing Santander". Athletic Bilbao. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Unai Vencedor joins Levante UD on loan". Athletic Bilbao. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Aitor Paredes y Unai Vencedor, reclutados con la sub 19" [Aitor Paredes and Unai Vencedor, called up to the under-19s] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  14. ↑ Vencedor and Nico Williams make their Spain Under-21 debuts Athletic Club official website, 3 September 2021
  15. ↑ Unai Vencedor at BDFutbol
  16. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 17 de enero de 2021, en Sevilla" [Minutes of the Match held on 17 January 2021, in Seville] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  17. ↑ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  18. ↑ Lowe, Sid (17 April 2021). "Messi stars as Barcelona thrash Athletic Bilbao to lift Copa del Rey". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.