Álex Remiro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Remiro and the second or maternal family name is Gargallo.

Álex Remiro
Remiro playing for Bilbao Athletic in 2015
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Remiro Gargallo[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-24) 24 March 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Cascante, Spain[1]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Number 1
Youth career
Aluvión
2009–2013 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Basconia 28 (0)
2014–2016 Bilbao Athletic 50 (0)
2016–2019 Athletic Bilbao 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Levante (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2018 → Huesca (loan) 41 (0)
2019– Real Sociedad 169 (0)
International career‡
2013–2014 Spain U19 5 (0)
2024– Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:14, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:51, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Alejandro "Álex" Remiro Gargallo (born 24 March 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Real Sociedad and the Spain national team.

Formed at Athletic Bilbao, he played as a senior with Basconia, Bilbao Athletic, Levante, Huesca and Real Sociedad. He won the 2020 Copa del Rey with the last club, totalling more than 200 appearances.

Remiro made his full debut with Spain in 2024.

Club career

Athletic Bilbao

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

On 26 May 2014, Remiro was promoted to the reserves in the Segunda División B.[2] He was named first choice after the departure of Kepa Arrizabalaga in January,[3] and finished the campaign with 23 appearances – play-offs included – as they returned to Segunda División after a 19-year absence.[4]

Remiro made his professional debut on 24 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Girona FC.[5] In June 2016, he was promoted to the first team in La Liga.

Remiro was loaned to second-tier side Levante UD on 1 July 2016, for one year.[6] He was recalled by his parent club late into the following transfer window, however, due to an injury to Kepa.[7]

On 21 July 2017, Remiro moved to division two's SD Huesca on a one-year loan deal.[8] He played a major role in the Aragonese club achieving promotion to the top flight for the first time in their history, only missing one game in 42.[9][10]

On his return to the San Mamés Stadium, Remiro seemed set to play in the first team after Kepa moved to Chelsea and the other established goalkeeper Iago Herrerín sustained an injury.[10] However, his representatives failed to agree on the terms of a new contract with the club, and in response his understudy Unai Simón was selected to play in the first match of the new campaign against CD Leganés;[11] with Simón becoming established in the team and no resolution to the contractual dispute, some weeks later it was confirmed that Remiro wished to leave Athletic and would be allowed to do so on 30 June 2019.[12]

Real Sociedad

Remiro agreed to a four-year deal with Athletic rivals Real Sociedad on 10 June 2019, effective as of 1 July.[13] He made his league debut on 27 September, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 home victory over Deportivo Alavés.[14]

In May 2020, Remiro tested positive for COVID-19.[15] The following 3 April, he started in the delayed final of the Copa del Rey, helping to defeat his first club Athletic 1–0 in Seville.[16][17] On 31 October, he was consoled by former teammates at the end of another Basque derby due to his obvious distress after conceding a late equalising goal with a mistimed attempt to punch the ball clear, when a victory would have put Real Sociedad clear at the top of the table.[18]

Remiro played all 38 league matches in 2022–23 (50 overall), with Real finishing fourth and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.[19] His maiden appearance in the competition took place on 20 September 2023, in a 1–1 group-stage home draw against Inter Milan.[20]

International career

Remiro represented Spain at under-19 level.[21] He was first called up to the senior team in November 2023, for UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers against Cyprus and Georgia.[22]

On 15 March 2024, Merino was picked for friendlies with Colombia and Brazil to be held later that month.[23] He won his first cap seven days later, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for David Raya in the 1–0 loss to the former in London.[24]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2024[25][26][27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basconia 2012–13 Tercera División 7 0 — — — 7 0
2013–14 21 0 — — — 21 0
Total 28 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 28 0
Bilbao Athletic 2014–15 Segunda División B 17 0 — — 6[a] 0 23 0
2015–16 Segunda División 33 0 — — — 20 0
Total 50 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 56 0
Athletic Bilbao 2016–17 La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Levante (loan) 2016–17 Segunda División 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Huesca (loan) 2017–18 Segunda División 41 0 0 0 — — 41 0
Real Sociedad 2019–20 La Liga 25 0 7[b] 0 — — 32 0
2020–21 38 0 2 0 7[c] 0 1[d] 0 48 0
2021–22 35 0 2 0 5[c] 0 — 42 0
2022–23 38 0 4 0 8[c] 0 — 50 0
2023–24 33 0 4 0 8[e] 0 — 45 0
Total 169 0 19 0 28 0 1 0 217 0
Career total 292 0 19 0 28 0 7 0 346 0
  1. ^ Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. ^ Includes appearance in 2020 Copa del Rey final (played in 2021)
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Supercopa de España
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Levante

Real Sociedad

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Alejandro Remiro Gargallo". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Registrations and de-registrations in Bilbao Athletic". Athletic Bilbao. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ^ Cuenca, Nika (18 March 2015). "La portería del Athletic tiene un gran presente y futuro" [Athletic's goal has a great present and future]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. ^ "El Bilbao Athletic, a Segunda 19 años después y el Cádiz tendrá que esperar" [Bilbao Athletic, into Segunda 19 years later and Cádiz will have to wait] (in Spanish). EFE. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ^ García-Muñoz, Sergio (24 August 2015). "El que la sigue, la consigue" [He who wants it, gets it]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Alex Remiro's transfer". Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  7. ^ Briones, Macu (28 January 2017). "Retorno al pasado" [Return to the past]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Remiro on-loan". Athletic Bilbao. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ^ Marín, Javier (21 May 2018). "El Huesca es de Primera" [Huesca are in Primera]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  10. ^ a b Ortiz de Lazcano, Javier (8 August 2018). "La salida de Kepa facilita la continuidad de Remiro" [Kepa's departure makes it easier for Remiro to continue]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  11. ^ Zubieta, Jon (21 August 2018). "Simón debuta con un paradón providencial" [Simón debuts with a providential wonder save]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  12. ^ Millar, Colin (3 October 2018). "Athletic Bilbao confirm Alex Remiro will leave". Football España. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Agreement with Alejandro Remiro". Real Sociedad. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  14. ^ Badallo, Óscar; Clancy, Conor (27 September 2019). "Remiro's double debut was overshadowed by Oyarzabal and Odegaard". Marca. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Alex Remiro tests positive for coronavirus after serology test". Marca. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  16. ^ a b Reidy, Paul (3 April 2021). "Athletic Club 0–1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal". Diario AS. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  17. ^ a b Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  18. ^ Lowe, Sid (1 November 2021). "Muniain emerges from wild night to show why Basque derby is different". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  19. ^ Recalde, Mikel (6 June 2023). "Remiro se lleva el premio Txuleta" [Remiro takes the Txuleta award]. Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  20. ^ Mejías, Noelia (20 September 2023). "Definición de nota para estrenarse en Champions: el gol de Brais Méndez" [Top-notch finish in his Champions debut: Brais Méndez's goal] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  21. ^ Vergara Casas, Daniel (5 June 2014). "Unai López y Álex Remiro se quedan sin Eurocopa sub-19" [No under-19 Eurocup for Unai López and Álex Remiro] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  22. ^ Maroto, Joaquín (10 November 2023). "Riquelme, Grimaldo, Aleix García y Remiro, novedades con España" [Riquelme, Grimaldo, Aleix García and Remiro, new with Spain]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  23. ^ Ospina, Daniel (15 March 2024). "España reveló la lista de convocados para enfrentar a Colombia: hay varias sorpresas" [Spain disclosed selected squad to take on Colombia: there are several surprises]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  24. ^ "Vivian, Remiro y Cubarsí, amplían la nómina de debutantes con De la Fuente" [Vivian, Remiro and Cubarsí, extend list of debutants with De la Fuente]. Infobae (in Spanish). 22 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  25. ^ Álex Remiro at BDFutbol
  26. ^ Álex Remiro – UEFA competition record (archive)
  27. ^ Álex Remiro at Soccerway
  28. ^ Zamora, Pedro (30 April 2017). "Muñiz vuelve a lo grande a Primera" [Muñiz returns to Primera in style] (in Spanish). Eurosport. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  29. ^ Ruiz Valero, Álvaro (20 May 2017). "El Levante es campeón de segunda" [Levante are segunda champions] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

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