Jon Morcillo

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Morcillo and the second or maternal family name is Conesa.

Jon Morcillo Conesa (born 15 September 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Albacete Balompié.

Jon Morcillo

Personal information
Full name	Jon Morcillo Conesa[1]
Date of birth	(1998-09-15) 15 September 1998 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth	Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Albacete
Youth career
	Amorebieta
	Durango
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016	Durango	1	(0)
2016–2018	Basconia	68	(12)
2018–2020	Bilbao Athletic	43	(11)
2020–2024	Athletic Bilbao	47	(2)
2022	→ Valladolid (loan)	11	(1)
2023–2024	→ Amorebieta (loan)	37	(4)
2024–	Albacete	0	(0)
International career‡
2020–	Basque Country	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:29, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, Basque Country to a Basque father and a mother from Cartagena, Region of Murcia,^[2] Morcillo represented SD Amorebieta and SCD Durango as a youth. He made his senior debut with the latter's first team on 1 May 2016, in a 2–0 Tercera División away loss against CD Vitoria.^[3]

Athletic Bilbao

In June 2016, Morcillo joined Athletic Bilbao at the age of 17,^[4] being initially assigned to the farm team also in the regional fourth division.^[2] Promoted to the reserves in June 2018,^[5] he made his Segunda División B debut for them on 25 August of that year, playing the last four minutes of a 2–0 home win over CD Tudelano.^[6]

Morcillo scored his first goal for the B side on 25 November 2018, opening the 1–1 draw at Barakaldo CF.^[7] He emerged as an important player during the 2019–20 season by contributing ten goals,^[3] including one from the halfway line in a 3–0 away victory against Tudelano on 22 September 2019.^[8]

On 8 May 2020, Morcillo renewed his contract with the Lions until 2023,^[9] being subsequently called up to pre-season with the main squad.^[10] He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 12 September, three days before his 22nd birthday, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 away defeat to Granada CF.^[11] He was definitely promoted to the first team in October, being given the number 2 jersey.^[12]

Morcillo featured intermittently across his maiden campaign, coming off the bench against Real Madrid and FC Barcelona as Athletic beat both rivals to claim the 2021 Supercopa de España in January 2021,^[13] but not selected in the squad for the 2020 final of the Copa del Rey (delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain) three months later, which ended in defeat to Real Sociedad. Having scored in the quarter-final penalty shootout^[14] and assisted the decisive goal in the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup,^[15] he was named among the substitutes for the 2021 final which took place on 17 April, just two weeks after the previous edition; he did not get on the field in the 4–0 loss to Barcelona.^[16]

On 28 April 2021, Morcillo scored his first league goal, in a 2–2 draw at home to Real Valladolid.^[17] The following January he was loaned to that side, now playing in the Segunda División, until the end of the season.^[18]

On 23 August 2023, Morcillo returned to his first club Amorebieta on loan for the 2023–24 campaign.^[19]

Albacete

On 2 July 2024, free agent Morcillo signed a two-year deal with Albacete Balompié in the second division.^[20]

International career

Morcillo won caps for the unofficial Basque Country team, making his debut against Costa Rica in November 2020.^[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 July 2021^[22][23][24]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Durango	2015–16[3]	Tercera División	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Basconia	2016–17[25]	Tercera División	35	6	—		—		—		35	6
	2017–18[25]		33	6	—		—		—		33	6
	Total		68	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	12
Bilbao Athletic	2018–19	Segunda División B	15	1	—		—		—		15	1
	2019–20		28	10	—		—		1[a]	0	29	10
	Total		43	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	44	11
Athletic Bilbao	2020–21	La Liga	30	2	4	0	—		2[b]	0	36	2
Career total			142	25	4	0	0	0	3	0	149	25

1. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
2. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

• Supercopa de España: 2021^[26]
• Copa del Rey runner-up: 2020–21^[16]

References

1. "Jon Morcillo". Diario AS. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
2. Fernández-Caro, Jorge (30 December 2019). "Jon Morcillo, un cachorro con ADN cartagenero" [Jon Morcillo, a puppy with Cartagena DNA]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
3. Zubieta, Jon (8 September 2020). ""Morcillo es un jugador diferente"" ["Morcillo is a different player"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
4. Martín, Javi (14 June 2016). "Asier Arana y Jon Morcillo fichan por el Athletic" [Asier Arana and Jon Morcillo sign for Athletic] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
5. Zubieta, Jon (30 May 2018). "El Bilbao Athletic tira del Basconia" [Bilbao Athletic resort to Basconia]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
6. 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 13 September 2020.
7. Zubieta, Jon (25 November 2018). "1–1: El Bilbao Athletic arranca un empate de Lasesarre" [1–1: Bilbao Athletic get a draw from Lasesarre]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
8. "El impresionante gol de Morcillo desde el medio campo, en el Tudelano–Bilbao Athletic" [Morcillo's impressive goal from midfield, in Tudelano–Bilbao Athletic] (in Spanish). EITB. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
9. "Jon Morcillo's contract renewal". Athletic Bilbao. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
10. "Areso, Vencedor, Zarraga and Morcillo will make the preseason". Athletic Bilbao. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
11. Garteizgoxeascoa Gil, Aimara (12 September 2020). "El estreno soñado" [Dream debut]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
12. Herrán, Alfonso (9 October 2020). "Morcillo, con ficha del primer equipo, llevará el dorsal 2" [Morcillo, with a first-team place, will wear the jersey 2]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
13. Bell, Arch (17 January 2021). "Williams sinks Barcelona and Athletic claim the Supercopa". Marca. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
14. "Athletic defeats Betis in shootout to reach Copa semifinals". USA Today. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
15. "Levante 1–2 Athletic Bilbao". BBC Sport. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
16. Lowe, Sid (17 April 2021). "Messi stars as Barcelona thrash Athletic Bilbao to lift Copa del Rey". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
17. "Draw against Real Valladolid at San Mamés". Athletic Bilbao. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
18. "Jon Morcillo loaned to Real Valladolid". Athletic Bilbao. 2 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
19. "Jon Morcillo loaned to SD Amorebieta". Athletic Bilbao. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
20. "Jon Morcillo, nuevo jugador del Albacete Balompié" [Jon Morcillo, new player of Albacete Balompié] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
21. Velasco, Juanma (16 November 2020). "Euskadi gana a Costa Rica en el descuento" [Euskadi beat Costa Rica in stoppage time]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
22. Jon Morcillo at Soccerway
23. Jon Morcillo at ESPN FC
24. Jon Morcillo at FBref.com
25. Jon Morcillo at Athletic Bilbao
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.

External links

• Jon Morcillo at Athletic Club
• Jon Morcillo at BDFutbol