Iker Recio
Personal information
Full name Iker Recio Ortega
Date of birth (2001-06-17) 17 June 2001
Place of birth Escalona, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Gimnàstic
(on loan from Alcorcón)
Number 12
Youth career
2011–2020 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Rayo Vallecano B 56 (4)
2020–2022 Rayo Vallecano 0 (0)
2022–2023 Alcorcón B 28 (1)
2022– Alcorcón 0 (0)
2023– → Gimnàstic (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Iker Recio Ortega (born 17 June 2001) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Gimnàstic de Tarragona, on loan from AD Alcorcón. Mainly a left back, he can also play as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Escalona, Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, Recio joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 2011, aged ten.[1] On 14 July 2020, after finishing his formation, he joined Rayo Vallecano and was initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[2]

Recio made his senior debut on 18 October 2020, starting in a 3–2 home win against ED Moratalaz. He made his first team debut on 17 December, coming on as a late substitute for Martín Pascual in a 3–2 away win against CD Teruel, for the season's Copa del Rey;[3] three days later he scored his first senior goal, netting for the B's in a 1–3 home loss against CF Pozuelo de Alarcón.[4]

Recio's professional debut occurred on 16 January 2021, as he started in a 2–0 home win against Elche CF, also for the national cup.[5][6] On 28 June 2022, he left Rayo and signed for another reserve team, AD Alcorcón B in the Segunda Federación.[7]

On 21 August 2023, Recio was loaned to Primera Federación side Gimnàstic de Tarragona for the 2023–24 season.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Conoce a… Iker Recio" [Know... Iker Recio] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Íker Recio y Jorge Cortázar, primeros fichajes del Rayo B" [Íker Recio and Jorge Cortázar, first signings of Rayo B] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "El Rayo se repone del susto y Óscar le da el pase en Teruel" [Rayo come back after a scare and Óscar gives the green light in Teruel] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "RAYO B 1–3 POZUELO | El filial perdió la imbatibilidad en casa" [RAYO B 1–3 POZUELO | The reserves lost their unbeaten status at home] (in Spanish). El Gol de Madriz. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "El Rayo aplasta al Elche" [Rayo crush Elche] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Primera titularidad de Iker Recio con el Rayo Vallecano" [First start of Iker Recio with Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Iker Recio se marcha al Alcorcón B" [Iker Recio moves to Alcorcón B] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Iker Recio, nou jugador del Nàstic" [Iker Recio, new player of Nàstic] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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