Iñaki Williams is taking pride in becoming the first Black captain for Athletic Bilbao at a time when he said the “far-right is fashionable.”
The 31-year-old Williams, one of the first Black players to ever join the club, will take over as the squad’s main caption this season.
Athletic historically has had few Black players because it only fields people from Spain’s northern Basque Country region or adjoining areas.
Williams and his younger brother, Nico, were born in the northern industrial city of Bilbao from Ghanaian parents who made the long journey to Europe looking for a better life.
“This means a lot,” Williams said in a news conference. “It’s seems like destiny that my mom and dad gave birth to me in Bilbao 31 years ago,” Williams said.
“We are lucky to represent many people who come from abroad to make a living. And to be a reference in
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