Jone Ibáñez Mazo (born 22 July 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder. She most recently played for Eibar.

Jone Ibáñez
Personal information
Full name Jone Ibáñez Mazo
Date of birth (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Galdakao, Spain
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2005–2011 Lanbide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Galdakao
2012–2017 Athletic B 93 (31)
2015–2021 Athletic Club 73 (2)
2021–2022 Deportivo Abanca 26 (3)
2022–2023 Eibar 28 (2)
International career
2022 Basque Country 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Early life and education

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Ibáñez is a native of Galdakao (Biscay, Basque Country) in Spain.[2] She studied sports science at the University of Deusto.[3][4]

Career

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Ibáñez joined the youth academy of Athletic Club at the age of 15.[5][3][6] She had a small role as the club won the Primera División championship in 2016, however, later in that year she sustained a dislocation of her kneecap which kept her out of action for almost a year, and then had the same injury in 2019, this time undergoing surgery to prevent a recurrence.[3] She renewed her contract with Athletic in 2020,[7] but left in 2021.[6]

She later played for Deportivo Abanca and for Eibar (signing for both clubs together with her friend and teammate at Athletic, Andrea Sierra),[8] helping Eibar to achieve promotion from the second tier in 2023.[9] She departed from the Gipuzkoan club in acrimonious circumstances after it was made clear that the coach did not intend to use her and ostracised her from the group, resulting in the parties terminating the contract.[9][4]

Style of play

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Ibáñez mainly operates as a midfielder and has been described as a "solid midfielder in marking, hard-working and with a great competitive character".[7]

References

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  1. ^ Jone Ibáñez, BDFutbol
  2. ^ "Jone Ibáñez se estrena como goleadora con el Athletic" [Jone Ibáñez makes her debut as a scorer with Athletic] (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 23 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Jone Ibáñez: "El Athletic me ha hecho crecer como persona"" [Jone Ibáñez: "Athletic has made me grow as a person"] (in Spanish). mundodeportivo.com (Archived). 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Jone Ibáñez y la respuesta del entrenador que provocó su salida del Eibar: "Si hay seis medios, eres la sexta. Si hay siete delanteras, eres la séptima"" [Jone Ibáñez and the coach's reply that led to her exit from Eibar: "If there are six midfielders, you are sixth. If there are seven forwards, you are seventh"] (in Spanish). relevo.com. 21 October 2023.
  5. ^ Jone Ibáñez, Athletic Club website
  6. ^ a b "La categoría de Jone Ibáñez" [Jone Ibáñez's category] (in Spanish). dxtcampeon.com. 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Jone Ibáñez elige seguir en el Athletic" [Jone Ibáñez chooses to continue at Athletic] (in Spanish). eldesmarque.com. 25 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Andrea Sierra: "¿Si estaría dispuesta a seguir? Estoy muy contenta aquí, así que sí"" [Andrea Sierra: “Would you be willing to continue? I am very happy here, so yes”] (in Spanish). dxtcampeon.com. 20 May 2022.
  9. ^ a b "El polémico adiós de la jugadora del Eibar, Jone Ibáñez: "Una despedida injusta"" [The controversial goodbye of the Eibar player, Jone Ibáñez: "An unfair farewell"] (in Spanish). mundodeportivo.com (Archived). 12 October 2023.