Oihan Sancet
Personal information
Full name Oihan Sancet Tirapu[1]
Date of birth (2000-04-25) 25 April 2000 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 8
Youth career
2010–2015 Osasuna
2015–2018 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Bilbao Athletic 24 (7)
2019– Athletic Bilbao 126 (22)
International career‡
2018 Spain U18 4 (1)
2019–2023 Spain U21 13 (1)
2023– Spain 3 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2023 Georgia–Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:36, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Oihan Sancet Tirapu (born 25 April 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao and the Spain national team.

Club career

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Sancet joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup from CA Osasuna in 2015.[2] On 18 June 2018, he was called up to pre-season with the first-team by manager Eduardo Berizzo.[3]

Sancet made his senior debut with the reserves on 25 August 2018, starting and opening a 2–0 Segunda División B home win against CD Tudelano.[4] In early September he suffered a knee injury (a tear to his left anterior cruciate ligament),[5] returning to action the following March.[6]

For the 2019–20 season, Sancet was included in the main squad by manager Gaizka Garitano.[7] He made his professional and La Liga debut on 16 August 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Óscar de Marcos in the 1–0 home victory over FC Barcelona.[8] On 27 June – his sixth league start – he scored his first goal in a 3–1 defeat of RCD Mallorca also at San Mamés.[9] By December 2020, he had reached sufficient milestones to trigger a €150,000 development payment to Osasuna.[10]

On 3 January 2022, Sancet scored a hat-trick to help his side come from behind at Osasuna to win 3–1.[11] It was the first hat-trick in the league scored by an Athletic player since Aritz Aduriz in 2016,[12] with Sancet the youngest scorer of three in a match for the club since Julen Guerrero in 1994 and the first from Navarre to do so for any club against Osasuna,[13] as well as being the first goals he had scored for the senior team away from Bilbao.[12]

On 3 February 2023, Sancet scored three times in a 4–1 home win over Cádiz CF.[14] In April, he extended his contract until 2032.[15]

International career

Sancet earned his first cap for Spain at under-21 level on 10 October 2019, in a 1–1 friendly draw with Germany held in Córdoba.[16] He played all the matches for the runners-up at the 2023 UEFA European Championship, scoring in the 5–1 semi-final defeat of Ukraine.[17][18]

In October 2023, Sancet received his first call-up to the senior team for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers with Scotland and Norway.[19] He made his debut as a substitute against Scotland in Seville, and scored the second goal of a 2–0 win four minutes from time (described initially as an own goal by Ryan Porteous in some reports).[20][21]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 February 2024[22][23][24][25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa del Rey Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bilbao Athletic 2018–19 Segunda División B 10 1 – – 10 1
2019–20 Segunda División B 14 6 – 1[a] 0 15 6
Total 24 7 – 1 0 25 7
Athletic Bilbao 2019–20 La Liga 17 1 2 0 – 19 1
2020–21 La Liga 24 2 2 0 0 0 26 2
2021–22 La Liga 27 6 4 0 2[b] 0 33 6
2022–23 La Liga 36 10 5 0 – 41 10
2023–24 La Liga 22 3 6 1 – 28 4
Total 126 22 19 1 2 0 147 23
Career total 150 29 19 1 3 0 173 30
  1. ^ Appearance in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in Supercopa de España

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

Spain U18

Spain U21

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ohian [sic] Sancet". Diario AS. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ Martín, Javi (25 June 2015). "Oihan Sancet cadete de Osasuna fichará por el Athletic" [Oihan Sancet Osasuna's cadete will sign for Athletic] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. ^ Mallo, Juanma (18 June 2018). "Sancet, de 18 años, hará la pretemporada con el primer equipo" [Sancet, aged 18, will make the pre-season with the first team]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. ^ Río, Endika (25 August 2018). "2–0: Vicente y Sancet comienzan haciendo diabluras con el Bilbao Athletic" [2–0: Vicente and Sancet start by making mischief with Bilbao Athletic]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ^ Rodríguez Beltrán, Javier (3 September 2018). "Oihan Sancet estará unos siete meses de baja por lesión" [Oihan Sancet will be nearly seven months out due to injury]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. ^ Cotorro, Ander (17 March 2019). "Sancet vuelve tras su lesión" [Sancet returns after his injury]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  7. ^ Velasco, Juanma (13 July 2019). "Larrazabal y Sancet se quedan" [Larrazabal and Sancet stay]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Barcelona". BBC Sport. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Athletic shine as Mallorca's light fades". Marca. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  10. ^ Ciordia, Fernando (30 December 2020). "Osasuna recibe un pellizco del Athletic por Sancet" [Osasuna receives a pinch from Athletic for Sancet]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Sancet, con tres goles, da la victoria al Athletic en el derbi ante Osasuna (1–3)" [Sancet, with three goals, gives win to Athletic in derby against Osasuna (1–3)] (in Spanish). EITB. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  12. ^ a b Velasco, Juanma (3 January 2022). "Sancet se viste de Aduriz en El Sadar" [Sancet dresses as Aduriz at El Sadar]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  13. ^ Aramendia, Arkaitz (4 January 2022). "Golpe en la mesa con Julen Guerrero en la memoria" [A stand has been taken with Julen Guerrero in memory]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  14. ^ Herrán, Alfonso (3 February 2023). "Ante la crisis, el mazo de Sancet" [Against crisis, Sancet's mallet]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  15. ^ Aramendia, Arkaitz (1 April 2023). "Oihan Sancet anuncia que renueva con el Athletic hasta 2032" [Oihan Sancet announces he renews with Athletic until 2032]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  16. ^ Gómez, Javier (10 October 2019). "España empata ante Alemania (1–1) en El Arcángel y mantiene su idilio de invicta en Córdoba" [Spain draw against Germany (1–1) at El Arcángel and continue undefeated spell in Córdoba]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  17. ^ "España golea a Ucrania y se clasifica para la final del Europeo sub-21 (5–1)" [Spain rout Ukraine and qualify for under-21 Euro final (5–1)] (in Spanish). Infobae. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  18. ^ a b Howell, Alex (8 July 2023). "England U21 1–0 Spain U21". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Oficial | Lista de convocados para los partidos clasificatorios frente a Escocia y Noruega" [Official | Squad for qualifying matches against Scotland and Norway] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  20. ^ "España-Escocia: La selección española no falla en Sevilla (2–0)" [Spain-Scotland: Spain national team do not fail in Seville (2–0)]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  21. ^ Mullen, Scott (12 October 2023). "Spain 2–0 Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  22. ^ Oihan Sancet at BDFutbol
  23. ^ Oihan Sancet at WorldFootball.net
  24. ^ Oihan Sancet at Soccerway
  25. ^ Oihan Sancet at ESPN FC
  26. ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 17 de enero de 2021, en Sevilla" [Minutes of the match held on 17 January 2021, in Seville] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  27. ^ "Cambios en la convocatoria de la Sub-18 para los Juegos del Mediterráneo" [Changes in the Under-18 call-up for the 2018 Mediterranean Games] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  28. ^ Muñoz, Ginés (30 June 2018). "3–2. Un triplete de Abel Ruiz baña a España en oro" [3–2. Abel Ruiz triple bathes Spain in gold] (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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