Erika Vázquez, Athletic’s eternal scorer breaks another record

No woman has played more seasons (17, to be more exact) than she has in Athletic. None has scored in all of them as the rojiblanca forward has done. Yes. We are talking about Erika Vázquez (Iruñea, 1983), the incombustible legend that continues to shine in the Bilbao team. The Navarrese lived a new historical moment this Sunday, when she scored her 261st goal in the match against Villarreal (2-1) with Athletic, which occupies third place in the Champions League in the First Class standings.

With this figure, Erika became the first woman to score in 17 different seasons with Athletic and continues to increase her milestone as Top scorer of the women’s team and second for the club, only behind Telmo Zarra (335 goals). And it is that since the attacker from Iruñea made her debut with Athletic for the first time in the 2004/05 campaign, great successes of her with the red-and-white jacket have not ceased to be counted.

With four leagues won with the club Bilbao (2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2015-16) And a career in Athletic that was only interrupted for a year (2010-11) when she played for Espanyol, Erika is also close to becoming the footballer with the most matches played with the lionesses. Total, The Navarrese forward has 405 games and is eight games behind Eli Ibarra’s record (413).

Erika, which recently passed in the ranking of players with the most matches in Athletic to its current coach, Iraia Iturregi (402 matches), She has a contract until June 2022 and is very motivated to continue growing in the club of her life. Willingness and quality are not lacking. And so he showed it again against Villarreal, a match in which he signed one of the goals of the decisive triumph of the lionesses to get into positions in Europe.

The ’19’ of Athletic does not stop looking forward. Behind him is a trajectory without reproaches as rojiblanca, elastic with which he always leaves his skin on the grass, and also with the Spanish team, with which he played the 2013 Eurocup and the 2015 World Cup, first disputed by La Roja. Without a doubt, he is one of the great legends that continue to make fans enjoy from the field. His milestones in Athletic and in Spanish women’s football do not stop growing. And they won’t, at the very least, until June 2022. Calm down! Erika stays for a while …