Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ismael Said Athuman González | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1995 | ||
Place of birth | San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain [1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
Maspalomas | |||
–2011 | Vecindario | ||
2011–2014 | Las Palmas | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2014–2015 | Las Palmas C | ||
2014–2017 | Las Palmas B | 14 | (0) |
2016 | → Cacereño (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2017 | Granada B | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Fuenlabrada | 12 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Las Palmas B | 20 | (1) |
2020 | Las Palmas B | 8 | (2) |
2020–2021 | Las Palmas | 6 | (0) |
2021– | Real Murcia | 20 | (1) |
2021– | Sabadell | 13 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016– | Kenya | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2019 |
Ismael Said Athuman González (born 1 February 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for the Kenya national team. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a defensive midfielder.
Athuman was born in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, to a Kenyan father and a Spanish mother, and played youth football with CD Maspalomas, UD Vecindario and UD Las Palmas. He had unsuccessful trials at Manchester City in 2013. [2]
After making his senior debut with Las Palmas' C-team in the regional leagues during the 2014–15 campaign, Athuman subsequently started to appear for the reserves in both Segunda División B and Tercera División. On 5 December 2015, he agreed to a loan deal with third division side CP Cacereño until the end of the season. [3]
Athuman subsequently returned to Las Palmas B in July 2016, but rescinded his contract the following 31 January, [4] and subsequently signed for Granada CF's reserves in the third tier. [5] On 13 July 2017, he moved to fellow league team CF Fuenlabrada. [6]
On 22 August 2018, Athuman returned to Las Palmas and their B-side, now also in the third division. [7] He left the club in the following July, but rejoined the side on 2 January 2020. [8]
On 5 October 2020, after playing for the main squad during the entire pre-season, Athuman was promoted to Las Palmas' first team in Segunda División. [9] He made his professional debut on 5 December, starting in a 0–0 away draw against SD Ponferradina. [10]
Athuman received his first call from Kenya in mid May 2016, for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Congo the following month. He made his debut on 31 May 2016 in a friendly with Sudan. [11] He has also represented Kenya at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. [12]
Athuman's father, Said Ali Athuman Mbaga, known as Billy, is a Kenyan contortionist and acrobat, who lives in Gran Canaria. [2]