Asier Hierro

Asier Hierro
Hierro playing for Bilbao Athletic in 2025
Personal information
Full name Asier Hierro Campo
Date of birth (2005-05-06) 6 May 2005
Place of birth Basauri, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Athletic Bilbao
Number 31
Youth career
Basconia
2015–2023 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 Basconia 30 (12)
2023– Bilbao Athletic 49 (6)
2025– Athletic Bilbao 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 January 2026

Asier Hierro Campo (born 6 May 2005) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Athletic Bilbao.[1]

Career

From Basauri in Biscay, Basque Country, Hierro joined the Athletic Bilbao youth academy at the age of ten.[2] He scored 12 goals for CD Basconia (Athletic's farm team, based in his hometown and where he had first learned the game) in the 2023–24 season. Having been promoted to the reserve team, in November 2024 he signed a new multi-year contract with the club.[3][4]

Hierro made his professional debut for Athletic Bilbao on 5 November 2025 in the UEFA Champions League against Newcastle United, appearing as a second half substitute in a 2–0 defeat at St James' Park.[5][6] With fellow youth team product Selton Sánchez also making his senior debut in the match, afterwards they were congratulated by the members of the club's UEFA Youth League squad who had also travelled to Tyneside.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 January 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basconia 2023–24 Tercera Federación 30 12 2[a] 0 32 12
Bilbao Athletic 2023–24 Segunda Federación 2 1 2 1
2024–25 Segunda Federación 31 2 2[b] 1 33 3
2025–26 Segunda Federación 16 3 1[b] 1 17 4
Total 49 6 3 2 52 8
Athletic Bilbao 2025–26 La Liga 1 0 0 0 3[c] 0 0 0 4 0
Career total 82 18 0 0 3 0 5 2 90 20

References

  1. ^ "Asier Hierro". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  2. ^ "El Athletic blinda a su "hombre gol" del futuro" [Athletic secures its future "goal man"]. Ondavasca.com (in Spanish). 21 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  3. ^ "El Athletic ata a su 'perla' goleadora para el futuro" [Athletic secures its goalscoring 'gem' for the future]. Estadio Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Asier Hierro, un delantero que crece a pasos agigantados en Lezama" [Asier Hierro, a striker who is growing by leaps and bounds at Lezama]. elcorreo.com (in Spanish). 26 January 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Asier Hierro llora con su familia en Newcastle por debutar con el Athletic: "Tras toda una vida"" [Asier Hierro cries with his family in Newcastle after making his Athletic debut: "After a lifetime"]. Eldesmarque.com (in Spanish). 6 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Newcastle vs. Ath Bilbao". Soccerway. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  7. ^ Beltrán, Javier (6 November 2025). "Selton y Hierro sienten "una alegría terrible, es un sueño"" [Selton and Hierro feel "incredible joy, it's a dream"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.