The player of the Athletic Club, Nekane Díez, He will retire at the end of the current 2022-2023 season, as announced by the rojiblanco club this Friday, May 19. The player from Barakaldo (BIzkaia) will hang up her boots at the age of 31 and after a long career in the Bilbao team, where she has played for 16 seasons, since she arrived at Lezama in 2007 from CD Mariño de Irun.

With 379 games behind her in the Athletic shirt, she is the fourth rojiblanca player with the most matches played and the second highest scorer, with 162 goals. This Saturday, against Villarreal CF, she will play her last game in Lezama, starting at 12:00.

Throughout his 16 seasons at Athletic, Nekane He has played a total of 346 games in the league, 28 in the Queen’s Cup and 5 in European competition. She was league champion in 2016.

Before saying goodbye to football, the rojiblanca player will fight to put the finishing touch to her career in the ‘Final Four’ of the Cup in Leganés. Athletic Club will face Real Madrid in the semifinal on Wednesday, May 24, at 9:00 p.m., in Butarque.

Source: Eitb

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