Alejandro "Álex" Remiro Gargallo (born 24 March 1995) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

. Formed at

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

, he played as a senior with

Basconia Club Deportivo Basconia is a Spanish football club based in Basauri, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 14 March 1913, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio de ...

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, Levante,

Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...

and

. He won the 2020 Copa del Rey with the last club.

Club career

Athletic Bilbao

Born in

Cascante Cascante is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. During the Roman period, Cascante was known as Cascantum. Notable people * Kike Sola, footballer * Álex Remiro, footballer * Lu ...

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

, Remiro joined

's youth system in 2009, aged 14. He made his debut as a senior with the farm team in the 2012–13 season, in

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. On 26 May 2014, Remiro was promoted to the reserves in

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. He was named first choice after the departure of

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in January, and finished the campaign with 23 appearances – play-offs included – as they returned to

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after a 19-year absence. Remiro made his professional debut on 24 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 home loss against

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. On 22 June of the following year, he was promoted to the first team in

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. Remiro was loaned to second-tier side

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on 1 July 2016, for one year. He was recalled by his parent club late into the following

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, however, due to an injury to Kepa. On 21 July 2017, Remiro moved to division two's

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in t ...

on a one-year loan deal. He played a major role in the

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ese club achieving promotion to the top flight for the first time in their history, only missing one game in 42. On his return to the San Mamés Stadium, Remiro seemed set to play in the first team after Kepa moved to

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and the other established goalkeeper

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sustained an injury. However, his representatives failed to agree on terms on 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

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; 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.

Real Sociedad

Remiro agreed to a four-year deal with Athletic's rivals

on 10 June 2019, effective as of 1 July. He made his league debut on 27 September, keeping a

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in a 3–0 home victory over

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. In May 2020, Remiro tested positive for

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. The following 3 April, he started in the delayed final of the

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, helping defeat his first club Athletic 1–0 in

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. On 31 October, he was consoled by former teammates at the end of another

Basque derby The Basque derby (in Basque ''Euskal Derbia'', in Spanish ''derbi Vasco'') is the name of the football local derby between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao. It embodies the inter-city rivalry between Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebastián, capit ...

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.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Levante *

: 2016–17 Real Sociedad *

: 2019–20

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Remiro, Alex 1995 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Navarre Association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Basconia footballers Bilbao Athletic footballers Levante UD footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers SD Huesca footballers Real Sociedad footballers Spain youth international footballers