De Marcos renews one more season with Athletic
Euskaraz irakurri: De Marcosek beste denboraldi batez berritu du Athleticekin zuen kontratua
Athletic Club confirmed that the player Oscar de Marcos has extended his contract for one season and will now end his relationship with the rojiblanca entity on June 30, 2024.
From Marcos34, will thus complete his fifteenth season at Athletic with which he has already played 496 official matches since his debut on August 6, 2009 under the orders of Joaquin Caparros in the second leg of the Europa League qualifier that faced the Bilbao team against Young Boys at the Wankdorf in Bern.
The footballer from Laguardia is tied with a legend like Agustin ‘Piru’ Gainza in that historical classification and only has ahead of Jose Angel Iribar (614), Txetxu Red (541), to the current captain iker muniain (531), Joseba Etxeberria (514), Andoni Iraola (510) and markel susaeta (507).
In these fourteen seasons, the player from Alava has played 378 league games, 46 in the Cup, 8 in the Champions League, 57 in the Europa League and 7 in the Super Cup, in which he has scored a total of 37 goals.
This campaign From Marcos He has participated in 34 of the 35 league games -he only lost the Basque derby against Real Sociedad on April 15 in San Mamés due to suspension- and with 2,550 minutes he is the third most used footballer by ernesto valverde after Inaki Williams (2,592) and the goalkeeper unai simon (2,566).
In its statement, Athletic highlights that “if the sporting career” of From Marcos “it is brilliant, its social and human relevance is not less so”.
“In the chain of transmission of the sense of belonging shared by the team and the fans Oscar de Marcos it is a decisive link. He ideally embodies the unique identity of Athletic and this is recognized by the members and the rojiblanca fans as a whole”, he underlined.
Source: Eitb
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