Bryan Gil

Bryan Gil Salvatierra (born 11 February 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Spain national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gil and the second or maternal family name is Salvatierra.
Bryan Gil
Gil with Spain U19 in 2019
Personal information
Full name Bryan Gil Salvatierra[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-11) 11 February 2001[2][3]
Place of birth L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 11
Youth career
Barbate
2012–2018 Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Sevilla B 23 (4)
2019–2021 Sevilla 14 (1)
2020 → Leganés (loan) 12 (1)
2020–2021 → Eibar (loan) 28 (4)
2021– Tottenham Hotspur 5 (0)
National team‡
2017 Spain U16 3 (1)
2017–2018 Spain U17 11 (0)
2018 Spain U18 4 (0)
2019–2020 Spain U19 13 (1)
2020– Spain U21 7 (0)
2021– Spain U23 4 (0)
2021– Spain 4 (0)
Honours
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up2021 Italy
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoTeam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:38, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:05, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Gil began his professional career at Sevilla, and also had loan spells with Leganés and Eibar in La Liga, totalling 54 games and 6 goals. In 2021, he transferred to Tottenham Hotspur for a reported £21.6 million.

Gil won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics with Spain's under-23 team. He made his senior international debut in 2021.

Club career

Sevilla

Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, he and his family moved to Barbate, Andalusia when he was a child and he was mainly raised there. In 2012, Gil joined Sevilla FC's youth setup, moving there from his hometown side Barbate CF.[4] Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2018–19 season, he made his senior debut on 26 August 2018, starting in a 0–1 Segunda División B home loss against UD Ibiza.[5]

Gil scored his first senior goal on 8 September 2018, netting the equaliser in a 2–1 home win against San Fernando CD. On 12 December, already a regular starter for the B-side, he renewed his contract until 2022.[6] On 23 February 2019, he was given a straight red card in a 2–1 win at Granada CF B, and two teammates were also sent off for arguing the dismissal.[7]

Gil made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 6 January 2019, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer Wissam Ben Yedder in a 1–1 home draw against Atlético Madrid.[8] He made ten more appearances – all off the bench – in his first season for the team, and scored on 25 April to conclude a 5–0 win over Rayo Vallecano at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium; the strike made him the first child of the 21st century to net in Spain's top flight.[9]

On 29 November 2019, Gil scored his first goal in European competition when he scored in a UEFA Europa League game against Qarabağ FK which ended 2–0 in favour of Sevilla.[10] The following 31 January, he moved to fellow top tier side CD Leganés on loan for the remainder of the season.[11] On 19 July 2020, Gil scored against Real Madrid in a 2–2 home draw on the final day of the season.[12]

On 5 October 2020, Gil was loaned to fellow top tier side SD Eibar for the 2020–21 campaign, along with teammate Alejandro Pozo.[13] He scored four goals and assisted as many, as the team ended the season relegated.[14]

Tottenham Hotspur

Gil signed for Tottenham Hotspur at the beginning of the 2021–22 season in a fee part-exchange deal with Argentine Erik Lamela heading to Sevilla. Sky Sports reported the initial fee of £21.6 million.[15] He made his debut for the club on 19 August 2021 by starting in the UEFA Europa Conference League first leg tie against F.C. Paços de Ferreira, which ended in a 1–0 defeat.[16]

International career

Gil was a member of the Spain under-19 team that won the 2019 UEFA European Championship in Armenia, starting in the 2–0 final win over neighbours Portugal.[17]

In March 2021, Gil received his first call-up to the Spain national team for the group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[18] He made his debut on 25 March 2021 against Greece, as a 65th-minute substitute for Sergio Canales in a 1–1 draw in Granada.[19]

Gil won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic tournament in Japan, delayed until the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 October 2021[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sevilla B 2018–19 Segunda División B 234————234
Sevilla 2018–19 La Liga 11120—0000131
2019–20 La Liga 2010—4[lower-alpha 1]1—71
2020–21 La Liga 1000—000010
Total 14130—4100212
Leganés (loan) 2019–20 La Liga 12100———121
Eibar (loan) 2020–21 La Liga 28410———294
Tottenham Hotspur 2021–22 Premier League 5000205[lower-alpha 2]0—120
Career total 8210402091009711
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 6 October 2021[22]
Spain
YearAppsGoals
202140
Total40

Honours

Club

Sevilla

International

Spain U19

Spain U23

Spain

References
  1. "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Spain (ESP)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 16. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. "Bryan Gil, Bryan Gil Salvatierra - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com.
  3. AS, Diario (28 July 2021). "Bryan Gil Salvatierra (Bryan Gil Salvatierra)". AS.com.
  4. "Bryan Gil, el crack que está de camino" [Bryan Gil, the pearl who is on its way] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. "Mal inicio del Sevilla Atlético" [Bad start for Sevilla Atlético] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  6. "El canterano Bryan Gil renueva su contrato hasta 2022" [Youth graduate Bryan Gil renews his contract until 2022] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. "El Sevilla Atlético vence en Granada con ocho jugadores durante 30 minutos" [Sevilla Atlético win in Granada with eight players for 30 minutes] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  8. "Los Reyes son los porteros" [The Magi are the goalkeepers] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  9. "Five-star second half by Sevilla heaps misery on Rayo Vallecano". Marca. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  10. "Bryan Gil: "Ha sido un gol muy especial"" [Bryan Gil: "It was a very special goal"]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Málaga Hoy. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  11. "Bryan Gil loaned to CD Leganés". Sevilla FC. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  12. "Bryan Gil makes Leganés dream against the champions". Be Soccer. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  13. "Pozo y Bryan Gil se marchan cedidos a la SD Eibar por esta temporada" [Pozo and Bryan Gil move out on loan at SD Eibar for this season] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  14. McDougall, Andrew (20 July 2021). "Analysis: What could Bryan Gil bring to Tottenham?". Marca. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  15. "Tottenham transfer news: Spurs fully agree swap deal with Sevilla for winger Bryan Gil with Erik Lamela to join Spanish side". Sky Sports News. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  16. Morgan, Richard (20 August 2021). "Pacos de Ferreira 1-0 Tottenham: Much-changed Spurs lose Europa Conference League play-off first-leg tie". Sky Sports.
  17. "Bryan Gil, campeón de Europa con España sub 19" [Bryan Gil, European champion with Spain under-19]. ABC (in Spanish). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  18. Brennan, Feargal (14 March 2021). "Barcelona star Pedri set for debut Spain senior call up". Football España. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  19. "Spain v Greece game report". FIFA. 25 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021.
  20. Guerrero, Rubén (4 August 2021). "El barbateño Bryan Gil, la única medalla de la provincia de Cádiz en Tokio" [Barbate native Bryan Gil, the province of Cádiz's only medal in Tokyo] (in Spanish). La Voz del Sur. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  21. Bryan Gil at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  22. "Bryan Gil". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  23. Begley, Emlyn (21 August 2020). "Sevilla 3–2 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  24. "France beat Spain to win Nations League". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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