Ewan Roy Urain Aird (born 10 March 2000) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

SD Amorebieta Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta is a Spanish football team based in Amorebieta-Etxano, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1925, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' Campo Municipal de Urritxe'', which s ...

, on loan from

Bilbao Athletic Athletic Club "B", commonly known as Bilbao Athletic, is the reserve team of Athletic Club, a football club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country in Spain. The team are playing in the Primera Federación – Group 2. Fo ...

. Born in Spain, he represented Scotland at under-21 level.

Background

Urain was born in

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in the

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region. His mother Diane grew up in

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, taught

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abroad and met her

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an husband in Spain.

Club career

After a spell with hometown side

SCD Durango Sociedad Cultural Deportiva Durango is a Spanish football team based in Durango, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1919 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Estadio Tabira'', ...

, he joined

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 ...

in 2015.Escocia convoca a Ewan Urain, canterano del Athletic
cotland summons Ewan Urain, Athletic youth product

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(in Spanish), 25 May 2021 He turned out for the club at under-16 and under-17 level before hitting 19 goals for the under-18 side. In 2018 he scored 13 goals for the club's

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CD Basconia, based in

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. He began to feature regularly for the

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in the 2020–21 season (though interrupted by injuries)El ariete Ewan Urain vuelve a ser reclutado por Escocia Sub-21
triker Ewan Urain is again recruited by Scotland U21

El Correo ''El Correo'' (; ) is a leading daily newspaper in Bilbao and the Basque Country of northern Spain. It is among best-selling general interest newspapers in Spain. History and profile The brothers Ybarra y de la Revilla – Fernando, Gabriel and ...

(in Spanish), 23 August 2021 as the side reached the play-offs for promotion to the second division, but lost in the last round.RESUMEN , Saúl Berjón recoge el testigo de Dani Pendín como héroe del conjunto burgalés (1-0)
Saúl Berjón picks up the witness of Dani Pendín as the hero of the Burgos team (1-0)

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(in Spanish), 23 May 2021 Having missed parts of the 2021–22 Primera Federación campaign with injuries and been used mainly as a late substitute when he was available, which continued at the start of 2022–23, in December 2022 he moved on loan to

, playing at the same level as Bilbao Athletic, for the remainder of that season.

International career

Urain was called up by Scotland Under-21s in 2021 for matches with Northern Ireland.

Style of play

Urain has been described as an old-fashioned striker making use of his height and strength, and has been compared with former Athletic Bilbao player

Fernando Llorente Fernando Javier Llorente Torres (; born 26 February 1985), nicknamed ''El Rey León'' ("The Lion King" in Spanish), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker. He started his career with Athletic Bilbao, working his way throu ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Urain, Ewan 2000 births Living people People from Durango, Biscay Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Sportspeople from Biscay Scottish footballers Scotland under-21 international footballers Spanish footballers Scottish people of Spanish descent Spanish people of Scottish descent Association football forwards Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Basconia footballers Bilbao Athletic footballers SD Amorebieta footballers