Iñaki Williams reaches 300 Athletic Club appearances
Iñaki Williams reaches 300 Athletic Club appearances
The Bilbao-born striker becomes the 45th Lion to play 300 matches for Athletic
Athletic Club striker Iñaki Williams made his 300th appearance for the Lions in Saturday night’s LaLiga Santander clash with Real Mallorca at San Mamés. The 27-year-old footballer joins an exclusive list of just 45 Athletic players who have been involved in 300 or more matches for the club.
Williams made a starting debut for Athletic on December 6 2014 at San Mamés in a LaLiga match against Córdoba.
Eight seasons later, the striker has now reached the milestone of 300 appearances, something that only Oscar de Marcos and Iker Muniain have also achieved in the current first-team squad. What’s more, in that time the no.9 has scored a combined total of 68 goals in LaLiga, the Copa del Rey, the Europa League and the Spanish Super Cup.
Breakdown, by competition, of all the official matches Williams has played for Athletic Club:
- 238 in LaLiga
- 30 in the Europa League
- 30 in the Copa del Rey
- 2 in the Spanish Super Cup
List of the 45 players who have made 300 or more official appearances for Athletic Club:
- José Ángel Iribar: 614
- Txetxu Rojo: 541
- Joseba Etxeberria: 514
- Andoni Iraola: 510
- Markel Susaeta: 507
- Agustín ‘Piru’ Gainza: 496
- José María Orue: 483
- *Iker Muniain: 462
- Aitor Larrazabal: 445
- Nicanor Sagarduy ‘Canito’: 439
- *Oscar de Marcos: 431
- Julen Guerrero: 430
- Estanislao Argote: 427
- Ismael Urzaiz: 419
- José Luis Panizo: 413
- Aritz Aduriz: 407
- Carmelo Cedrún: 404
- Daniel Ruiz-Bazán: 402
- Josu Urrutia: 401
- Mikel San José: 396
- Fidel Uriarte: 394
- Carlos Gurpegui: 393
- Gorka Iraizoz: 392
- Manu Sarabia 382
- Andoni Goikoetxea: 369
- Ángel María Villar: 361
- Antón Arieta: 358
- Genar Andrinua: 356
- Telmo Zarra: 354
- Fran Yeste: 353
- José Luis Artetxe: 348
- Santi Urkiaga: 345
- Koldo Etxeberria: 341
- Iñaki Sáez: 338
- Fernando Llorente: 333
- Agustín Gisasola: 332
- José Ramón Gallego: 331
- Bittor Alkiza: 328
- Rafael Iriondo: 326
- Ander Iturraspe: 320
- Pablo Orbaiz: 318
- Jesús Aranguren: 318
- José María Argoitia: 308
- Eneko Arieta I: 304
*Active players still at Athletic Club