Nerea Nevado Gómez (born 27 April 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Liga F club Athletic Club, mainly as a

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Career

Nevado began her career as a child with hometown club Santurtzi and with Bizkerre ( Getxo), joining Athletic Club in 2016, aged 15. She made over 100 appearances for the B-team over five seasons, as well as featuring intermittently for the senior team from 2018. She moved on loan to Alavés, newly promoted to the top tier, in 2021. At the end of the season, she returned to Athletic and was a regular starter in the

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, with previous left-back Ainhoa Moraza having left the club to join

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. At international level, Nevado was a member of the Spain under-17 squad that won the

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in Uruguay. She played in qualifiers for the under-19s ahead of the

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but was not selected for the finals squad, and did so again for the 2020 tournament which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She has been selected for the unofficial Basque Country women's national football team, which plays only occasionally, making her first appearance in December 2022 against Chile.

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at BDFutbol * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nevado, Nerea 2001 births Living people Spanish women's footballers Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Segunda Federación (women) players Liga F players Deportivo Alavés Gloriosas players Athletic Club (women) players People from Santurtzi Footballers from Biscay Athletic Club (women) B players Spain women's youth international footballers