Enrique Sola
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enrique Sola Clemente | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Cascante, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aluvión | |||
| 1998–2003 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 2003–2004 | Aluvión | ||
| 2004–2005 | Osasuna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2007 | Osasuna B | 61 | (17) |
| 2007–2013 | Osasuna | 91 | (21) |
| 2009–2010 | → Numancia (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Levadiakos (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2013– | Athletic Bilbao | 3 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2008 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Enrique 'Kike' Sola Clemente (born 25 February 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a striker.
Club career
Osasuna
Sola was born in Cascante, Navarre. A product of CA Osasuna's youth system, he made his first-team and La Liga debut on 9 June 2007, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 5–0 away win against Real Betis and scoring twice.[1]
On 16 July 2009, after having appeared rarely in the previous two seasons (also struggling with injuries and loss of form), Sola moved to second division's CD Numancia on a season-long loan, as part of a deal that saw Carlos Aranda move in the opposite direction, permanently. On 18 January of the following year, after a negative experience – even when healthy, he did not make the list of 18 on several occasions – he rescinded his contract with the Soria outfit and moved abroad, joining Greece's Levadiakos F.C. until June.[2]
For the 2010–11 season Sola was initially only fourth-choice, behind Aranda, Walter Pandiani and newly signed Dejan Lekić, only starting to receive significant playing time after injuries to the first two. On 13 March 2011, in one of his first starts, he netted in a 3–1 home win against Racing de Santander,[3] and added another in the following matchday, scoring from a backheel in a 4–0 win at Hércules CF.[4]
Osasuna eventually escaped relegation, and Sola finished the campaign as the team's top scorer even though he featured in less than half of the matches. On 11 May 2011 he helped with a brace to a 3–2 home win against Sevilla FC, after his side trailed 0–2 at half-time.[5]
Sola only played in seven (scoreless) games in 2011–12, being troubled by tendinitis problems for several months and eventually undergoing surgery in early March 2012, being sidelined for the rest of the campaign.[6] On 25 February 2013, the day of his 27th birthday, he played just 20 minutes after coming from the bench away against Levante UD, but netted the second goal in an eventual 2–0 triumph for his seventh of the season.[7]
On 31 March 2013, Sola helped with a brace as Osasuna came from behind to win it 3–1 over Real Valladolid at the Estadio José Zorrilla.[8]
Athletic Bilbao
In the 2013 summer, Sola joined Athletic Bilbao on a five-year contract with a €30 million buyout clause – he had already played youth football with the club, from ages 12–17.[9] After spending four months recovering from injury[10] he scored his first goal on 26 January 2014, closing the scoresheet in a 5–1 away win over former club Osasuna.[11]
References
- ↑ Real Betis 0–5 Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 9 June 2007
- ↑ Kike Sola jugará cedido en el Levadiakos FC (Kike Sola to play on loan with Levadiakos FC); Osasuna's official website, 18 January 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ Soriano dismissal can't halt Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 13 March 2011
- ↑ Giant performance shocks Hercules; ESPN Soccernet, 20 March 2011
- ↑ Osasuna hit back for stunning win; ESPN Soccernet, 11 May 2011
- ↑ Kike Sola se perderá el resto de la temporada por una lesión (Kike Sola to miss rest of the season due to injury); Diario de Navarra, 8 March 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Masoud aparece justo a tiempo (Masoud just in time); Marca, 25 February 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Osasuna remonta en la segunda parte y logra tres puntos de oro en Valladolid (Osasuna comes from behind in second half and gets three golden points in Valladolid); Diario de Navarra, 31 March 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Signing of Kike Sola; Athletic's official website, 3 July 2013
- ↑ Kike Sola recae de su lesión (Kike Sola relapses from injury); Marca, 5 November 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Exhibición en El Sadar (Display at El Sadar); Athletic's official website, 26 January 2014 (Spanish)
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