Cadets A travel to Qatar

Athletic Club’s Basque League Cadet Team will travel to Qatar from 16 to 20 September, invited by Aspire – the Academy for Sports Excellence, which is located in Doha, the capital.

On Sunday, 16 September, our representatives will travel Bilbao-Frankfurt-Doha. On Monday, the 17th, they will dispute a friendly match at 20:30 hours. On the 18th, they will visit the desert: On the morning of the 19th, they are scheduled to take a tour of the capital and in the evening play another friendly match, also at 20:30 hours. The return trip, Doha-Frankfurt-Bilbao, is programmed for Thursday, 20 September.

The following players will travel with Coach Vicen Gómez:

Joseba Alkuaz Ortiz
Pedro Altamira Garaizar
Unai Bustinza Martínez
Ander Carbonera Urrejola
Iñigo Eguaras Álvarez
Urtzi Erleaga Malaxetxeberria
Xabier Franco Aranburu
Iker Guarrotxena Vallejo
Aitor Kortabitarte Luengo
Gontzal López Alberdi
Gorka Magunazelaia Garrido
Andoni Peña Roke
Jonás Ramalho Chimeno
Diego Sánchez-Pando Aristegi
Antón Velasco Catalá
Eneko Zabaleta Pérez

This will be the second time our team is invited to Aspire. The first time was from 16 to 23 February of this year where they disputed three friendly matches against players (resident students) from the Academy for Sports Excellence, Aspire, in Doha, the capital of Qatar with two victories (1-2, 1-4) and one draw (1-1).
The positive results of the above mentioned experience have brought about another invitation for our organization.

Aspire, is a first class world-renowned organization, whose mission is to discover, educate and train world-class athletes to compete in professional sports at its highest level. ASPIRE has exceptional means, among which are facilities for education and recreation, modern rooms, an amphitheatre, reading halls, seven football grounds opened for training and a state-of-the-art gymnasium and physical therapy hall.

The academy, whose name means to seek out, excels for a philosophy wherein students make complete progress through their academic and sports development, so that they can have greater opportunities in their adult life.

For example, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid reserve teams, among others, are some of the teams that have gone through Aspire.