Unai Simon, playing his first World Cup game, is the first Athletic footballer in four major team tournaments
The Murgiarra goalkeeper played Euro 2020 (which was in 2021), the 2022 World Cup and the 2024 European Cup and, taking into account the 2026 World Cup, he holds four major championships of the selections and also played at the 2020 Olympic Games in 2021.
Athletic goalkeeper Unai Simon played the Spain-Cape Verde game on Monday, the first match of the Spanish team in the 2026 World Cup, making him the first Athletic footballer in four major team championships.
Simon, 29, played Euro 2020 (which was 2021), the 2022 World Cup and the 2024 Euro Cup, and, taking into account the 2026 World Cup, he has four major teams championships, and he also played at the 2020 Olympic Games in2021.
The Albiazul goalkeeper, who has 58 matches in the Spanish team as an international, was first called in 2020 and is the headline in the team that trains Luis de la Fuente.
In addition, Simon, with five games played, Agustín Gainza, Julio Salinas and Andoni Zubizarreta have other World Cup matches, so in the list of Athletic players who have played the most games in the history of the World Cup, only Telmo Zarra, the Vizcaíno striker, who played six games in 1950 in Brazil.
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