Álex Remiro

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Remiro and the second or maternal family name is Gargallo.
Álex Remiro
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Remiro Gargallo
Date of birth (1995-03-24) 24 March 1995
Place of birth Cascante, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Levante
(on loan from Athletic Bilbao)
Number 13
Youth career
Aluvión
2009–2013 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Basconia 28 (0)
2014–2016 Bilbao Athletic 56 (0)
2016– Athletic Bilbao 0 (0)
2016– → Levante (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2013–2014 Spain U19 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2016.


Alejandro "Álex" Remiro Gargallo (born 24 March 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Levante UD on loan from Athletic Bilbao.

Club career

Born in Cascante, Navarre, Remiro joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2009, aged 14. He made his debuts as a senior with the farm team in the 2012–13 campaign, in Tercera División.

On 26 May 2014, Remiro was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B.[1] He was named first-choice after the departure of Kepa Arrizabalaga in January,[2] and finished the season with 23 appearances as the B-side returned to Segunda División after a 19-year absence.

Remiro made his professional debut on 24 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Girona FC.[3] On 22 June of the following year, he was promoted to first team in La Liga.

On 1 July 2016, Remiro was loaned to Levante UD for one year.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Registrations and de-registrations in Bilbao Athletic". Athletic's official website. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "La portería del Athletic tiene un gran presente y futuro" [Athletic's goal has a great present and future] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "El que la sigue, la consigue" [The one that follows it, gets it] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alex Remiro's transfer". Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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