Yulema Corres (born 7 March 1992) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, mainly for Liga F club Athletic Club.

Yulema Corres
Corres in 2016
Personal information
Full name Yulema Corres Somovilla
Date of birth (1992-03-07) 7 March 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
CDF Gasteiz Cup[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014 Aurrera Vitoria
2014–2024 Athletic Club 192 (65)
International career
2014–2019 Basque Country 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 June 2024

Career

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Corres signed with Athletic in 2014 after having scored 29 goals with Aurrera Vitoria the previous season (top-scorer of Segunda División, Group 2).[4]

She retired as a player ten years later aged 32,[5] having made 203 official appearances for the club in all competitions and scored 67 goals (15th and 6th place respectively in Athletic's historical rankings at that time).[6] She was honoured with a farewell ceremony and a last starting appearance - along with fellow departing veterans Garazi Murua and Eunate Arraiza - on the final matchday of the 2023–24 Liga F season, in which Athletic defeated Sevilla 2–1 at San Mamés.[7][8]

Honours

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Athletic Club

References

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  1. ^ Yulema Corres at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Yulema Corres". Bdfutbol. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ "El Club" [The Club] (in Spanish). Gasteizko Neksak. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ^ El Athletic confirma el fichaje de Yulema Corres del Aurrera, además de cinco jugadoras para el B [Athletic confirms the signing of Yulema Corres of Aurrera, in addition to five players for B], Txapeldunak, 6 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Yulema Corres anuncia que deja el fútbol" [Yulema Corres announces that she is leaving football] (in Spanish). EITB. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  6. ^ Statistics | Women's, Athletic Club. Retrieved 11 June 2024
  7. ^ "Garazi, Eunate y Yulema han dado un ejemplo de pensar en el otro y no en el yo" ["Garazi, Eunate and Yulema have given an example of thinking about others and not about one's self"], Mundo Deportivo, 14 June 2024 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Athleticek Garazi Murua, Yulema Corres eta Eunate Arraiza omendu ditu San Mamesen [Athletic has honored Garazi Murua, Yulema Corres and Eunate Arraiza in San Mames], EITB, 16 June 2024 (in Basque)
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