Bryan Gil Salvatierra (born 11 February 2001) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger or a

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for

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club

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Gua ...

, on loan from

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club

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, and the Spain national team. Gil began his professional career at

, and also had loan spells with

Leganés Leganés () is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Considered part of the Madrid metropolitan area, it is located about 11 km southwest of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 188,425, making it the region's fifth most popul ...

and

Eibar Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat ...

, totalling 54 games and six goals. Gil won a silver medal at the

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with Spain's under-23 team. He made his senior international debut in 2021.

Club career

Sevilla

Born in

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, Gil and his family moved to

Barbate Barbate is a municipality of Spain part of the Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is coastal town located off the Atlantic Ocean, close to the Strait of Gibraltar. Displaying a total area of 142.17 km2, it has, ...

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when he was a child and he was mainly raised there. In 2012, he joined

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

's youth setup, moving there from his hometown side Barbate CF. Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2018–19 season, he made his senior debut on 26 August 2018, starting in a 0–1

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home loss against

UD Ibiza Unión Deportiva Ibiza is a Spanish professional football club based in the town of Ibiza, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2015, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Can Mis ...

. Gil scored his first senior goal on 8 September 2018, netting the equaliser in a 2–1 home win against

San Fernando CD San Fernando Club Deportivo Isleño is a Spanish football team based in San Fernando, Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at Estadio Bahía Sur, ...

. On 12 December, already a regular starter for the B-side, he renewed his contract until 2022. On 23 February 2019, he was given a straight red card in a 2–1 win at Granada CF B, and two teammates were also sent off for arguing the dismissal. Gil made his first team – and

– debut on 6 January 2019, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer

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in a 1–1 home draw against

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. He made ten more appearances – all off the bench – in his first season for the team, and scored on 25 April to conclude a 5–0 win over

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at the

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; the strike made him the first child of the 21st century to net in Spain's top flight. On 29 November 2019, Gil scored his first goal in European competition when he scored in a

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game against

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which ended 2–0 in favour of Sevilla. The following 31 January, he moved to fellow top tier side

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

on loan for the remainder of the season. On 19 July 2020, Gil scored against

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in a 2–2 home draw on the final day of the season. Gil was loaned to fellow top tier side

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

for the 2020–21 campaign on 5 October 2020, along with teammate

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. He scored four goals and assisted as many, as the team ended the season relegated.

Tottenham Hotspur

Gil signed for

at the beginning of the 2021–22 season in a fee part-exchange deal with Argentine

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heading to Sevilla.

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reported the initial fee of £21.6 million, and the contract length was for five years. Gil made his debut for the club on 19 August 2021 by starting in the

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first leg tie against

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, which ended in a 1–0 defeat. Ten days later, he made his

debut in a 1–0 home win over

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as an 88th-minute replacement for goalscorer

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. His progress was limited by a thigh injury against

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in October, followed by a

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diagnosis in December.

Loan to Valencia

Having played just 85 minutes over nine league games, Gil was linked to a move back to La Liga in January 2022, to either

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 ...

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. On the last day of the month, he was loaned to the latter for the remainder of the season. He made 17 total appearances for the club, including their

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defeat to

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in the 2022 Copa del Rey Final on 23 April, in which he came on for goalscorer Hugo Duro with five minutes of regulation time remaining.

Return to Tottenham

During the Summer break Gil returned to Spurs and was included in the club's tour of Korea. Gil has made a number of appearances off the bench and notably on the 12 October, he came off the bench in the Champions League and won his Spurs side a penalty in stoppage time against

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Loan to Sevilla

On 30 January 2023, it was announced that Gil would be returning to Sevilla on loan for the remainder of the season.

International career

Gil was a member of the Spain under-19 team that won the 2019 UEFA European Championship in Armenia, starting in the 2–0 final win over neighbours

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. In March 2021, Gil received his first call-up to the Spain national team for the

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of the

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. He made his debut on 25 March 2021 against

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, as a 65th-minute substitute for Sergio Canales in a 1–1 draw in

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. Gil won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic tournament in Japan, delayed until the following year due to the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sevilla *

: 2019–20 Spain U19 *

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Spain U23 *

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silver medal:

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Spain *

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runner-up:

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References

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* * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gil, Bryan 2001 births Living people People from Barbate Sportspeople from the Province of Cádiz Spanish footballers Footballers from Andalusia Association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División B players Premier League players Sevilla Atlético players Sevilla FC players CD Leganés players SD Eibar footballers Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Valencia CF players Spain youth international footballers Spain under-21 international footballers UEFA Europa League winning players Spain international footballers Olympic footballers of Spain Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England Olympic medalists in football Olympic silver medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics