Iñaki Williams is a tough and armored footballer, nothing can beat him. This Friday against Alavés at the San Mamés stadium, the Athletic forward has become the player who credits the most chained matches in LaLiga Santander consecutively. The number of 203 bets in the domestic competition breaks the historical record that he shared until today with the former headquarters of the Royal Society Juanan Larrañaga, which added 202 between the 1986-87 and 91-92 seasons.
The club paid tribute to him for his imminent record in LaLiga, five years and five months later, in the run-up to the game against Alavés. He was accompanied by two young Athletic members: Peio, who was born on the same day as Iñaki and Iker's debut., which was born the day before starting his career in this 203-game feat. Nico Williams accompanied the children and Captain Muniain handed him the shirt with the number 203 on the back.
Williams is never injured, and counts for all his coaches, as now with Marcelino García Toral. This endless marathon started on April 20, 2016, in a match against Atlético played in San Mamés. The rojiblanco striker has not missed any appointment with the Bilbao elastic since that date, and it has already rained. He sealed the last four games of that 2016-17 campaign, and he has not missed any more since 2017-18 until this course, with the nine games in his pocket with tonight against Alavés. Williams has started 168 of these 203, as a winger on both bands or as a center forward, being international with Spain and also combining it with the Copa del Rey, the Super Cup or the Europa League, and 34 has joined from the bench, with 39 goals, two of them this season, in which he is sharing ground with his little brother, Nico Williams.
LaLiga Santander
* Data updated as of October 1, 2021