Ibai Gomez

Ibai Gómez Pérez plays for Athletic Bilbao on a position of a striker.

Career of this player began at Santutxu as they won the trophy of ‘Balón de Oro’ for the category in the Basque regional league. Having spent 5 years with the club he decided to move to another Basque club named Sestao River Club that played in the Tercera division.

After Sestao was relegated Gomez went straight through to La Liga joining Athletic Bilbao on a 2-year deal with a possibility of a 2-year extension. He played most of the first year for the reserve team of the third level.

The first match for the main squad that Gómez happened to play took place on October 17, 2010. That was the home game against Zaragoza where Ibai substituted Gaizka Toquero. Unfortunately he had to leave the pitch because of an injury having played only 3 minutes.

However he made a huge progress in the club. It resulted in 7 appearances with 2 goals that helped Athletic Bilbao reach the UEFA Europa League final.