Ane Azkona

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

Ane Azkona Fuente (born 15 July 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Athletic Club and the Spain women's national team.

Ane Azkona

Azkona (centre) with Athletic Club in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Ane Azkona Fuente
Date of birth	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain[2]
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position	Forward
Team information
Current team	Athletic Club
Number	11
Youth career
2012–2014	Gazte Berriak
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Gazte Berriak
2015–2016	Ardoi
2016–2019	Athletic Club B	62	(71)
2016–	Athletic Club	161	(32)
International career‡
2016–2017	Spain U19	5	(4)
2022–	Spain	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2022

Club career

A keen rock climber and ballerina as a child, Azkona started her career playing futsal for Gazte Berriak, a team based in Ansoain.^[3] Following this, she spent a year at Ardoi before signing for Athletic Club aged 18.^[4] On 13 January 2019, she scored her first league goal for Athletic, in the 94th minute of a match against Sporting de Huelva.^[5][6] In the 2019–20 Primera División season, she provided more assists than any other Athletic player and signed a new three-year contract with the club at the end of that season.^[7][8]

On 10 June 2020, it was announced that she had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee during a training session.^[9] She returned from this injury over eight months later.^[7] She became an increasingly important member of the team over the subsequent seasons as other players departed;^[3] in March 2023 she agreed a new contract running to 2026.^[10]

International career

Azkona was part of the Spain under-19 squad which won the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.^[11][3] In October 2019, she was called up to the inaugural squad for España Promesas (essentially Spain B), along with two clubmates.^[12][13] She made her full debut as a late substitute in a 2–0 friendly victory over the United States (played in her hometown Pamplona) in October 2022.^[14]