Marco Asensio

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Marco Asensio
Marco Asensio 2018.jpg
Marco Asensio (2018)
Personnel
Surname Marco Asensio Willemsen
birthday January 21, 1996
place of birth Palma ,  Spain
size 182 cm
position Attacking midfield
Juniors
Years station
0000–2013 RCD Mallorca
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2012-2014 RCD Mallorca B 14 0(3)
2013-2015 RCD Mallorca 56 0(7)
2015 real Madrid 0 0(0)
2015-2016 →  Espanyol Barcelona  (loan) 34 0(4)
2016– real Madrid 94 (13)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2014-2015 Spain U19 12 0(8)
2015-2017 Spain U21 18 0(7)
2016– Spain 22 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019/20

2 As of March 26, 2019

Marco Asensio Willemsen (born January 21, 1996 in Palma , Mallorca ) is a Spanish football player . The attacking midfielder is under contract with Real Madrid and is a senior international .

family

Asensio is the son of a Spaniard from the Basque Country and a Dutch woman who died in 2011. His older brother Igor is also a soccer player and currently plays for Platges de Calvià in the fourth-class Tercera División .

Career

society

Asensio comes from the youth of RCD Mallorca . On October 27, 2013, he came on in the 1: 3 defeat at Recreativo Huelva for the first time in the Segunda División when he came on in the 84th minute for Pedro Geromel . He scored his first goal on March 16, 2014 in a 2-0 home win against CD Tenerife .

For the 2015/16 season Asensio moved to the Primera División for Real Madrid . He signed a contract in December 2014 with a term until June 30, 2021. Even before the start of the season, he was awarded to league rivals Espanyol Barcelona in August 2015 until the end of the season. On February 20, 2016, Asensio scored his first league goal in a 1-0 home win against Deportivo La Coruña . In total, he came to 37 competitive appearances in the season, in which he was directly involved in 17 goals.

On his return to Madrid, Asensio won the UEFA Super Cup at the beginning of the 2016/17 season after beating Sevilla FC 3-2 , to which he contributed the goal to make it 1-0. In mid-December 2016 , he won the FIFA Club World Cup with Real . On June 3, 2017, Asensio scored the goal of the 4-1 final against Juventus Turin in the final of the Champions League and won the title with his team. He was also a Real Champions League winner in the 2017/18 season . In the following Champions League season , Asensio and his team failed in the round of 16 at Ajax Amsterdam . In preparation for the 2019/20 season, Asensio tore a cruciate ligament in a friendly against Arsenal . In his comeback on 18 June 2020, it scored seconds after coming off the bench the lead to 2: 0 at 3: 0 home win in the league match against FC Valencia .

National team

After his strong performance at the club, Asensio was appointed to the Spanish U19 team for the first time in November 2014 . On November 13, 2014, he made his debut in a 2-0 win over Germany and took the 1-0 lead after 52 minutes. Just two days later, Asensio was twice successful in his second appearance, a 5-1 win in France , and scored the goals to 1-0 and 2-0. In July 2015 he took part with the team at the U19 European Championship in Greece . With his two goals in the semi-final against France , he made a significant contribution to the finals and took second place on the list of goalscorers . After a 2-0 triumph in the final against Russia , Asensio was honored with the Golden Player Award as the best player of the tournament.

Asensio made his debut for the U21 national team on March 26, 2015 in a 2-0 win over Norway . In June 2017 he and the team took part in the U21 European Championship in Poland . In the final he defeated his team Germany with 0: 1 .

On May 29, 2016 Asensio made his debut in the 3-1 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the senior national team . On May 21, 2018, he was appointed to the Spanish squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia by national coach Julen Lopetegui . Asensio was used three times in the tournament and failed with his team in the round of 16 against Russia on penalties .

successes

real Madrid

National team

Personal awards

Web links

Commons : Marco Asensio  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marca : Marco Asensio, la joya mileurista , October 14, 2014, accessed December 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Match report in the database of weltfussball.de, accessed on December 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Match report in the database of weltfussball.de, accessed on December 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ Official announcement: Marco Asensio on the Real Madrid club website on December 5, 2014, accessed on June 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ Real Madrid loan Marco Asensio to Espanyol Barcelona on sport1.de on August 20, 2015, accessed on August 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ Match report in the database of weltfussball.de, accessed on December 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ Match report in the database of weltfussball.de, accessed on December 2, 2014.
  8. ↑ Spain squad named for 2018 World Cup in Russia on sefutbol.com on May 21, 2018, accessed on June 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Asensio, Marco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Asensio Willemsen, Marco (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Palma , Mallorca , Spain