| Beñat Prados | |
| Full Name: | Beñat Prados Díaz |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Pamplona, Spain |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Athletic Bilbao |
| Clubnumber: | 24 |
| Youthclubs1: | Txantrea |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Athletic Bilbao |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Caps1: | 39 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2019–2022 |
| Caps2: | 69 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Mirandés (loan) |
| Caps4: | 39 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2020 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 21:25, 15 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 1 February 2020 |
Beñat Prados Díaz (born 8 February 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Athletic Bilbao.
Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Prados joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in July 2015, from UDC Txantrea.[1] He made his senior debut with the farm team during the 2018–19 season, in Tercera División.[2]
Prados made his debut with the reserves on 26 October 2019, coming on as a late substitute for Oihan Sancet in a 4–1 Segunda División B home routing of Real Valladolid Promesas.[3] Definitely promoted to the B-side in June 2020, he subsequently became a regular starter for the team, playing in 25 matches (play-offs included) of the 2020–21 campaign, scoring once in a 3–2 away success over SD Amorebieta on 6 February 2021.
On 14 May 2021, Prados renewed his contract until 2025.[4] In June, he was called up by manager Marcelino to make the pre-season with the main squad.[5]
On 14 July 2022, Prados moved on loan to Segunda División side CD Mirandés for the season.[6] He made his professional debut on 13 August, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Sporting de Gijón.[7]
On 19 August 2023, he made his La Liga debut for Athletic in his hometown of Pamplona at El Sadar against Osasuna, replacing Imanol in a 2–0 victory.[8] [9] On 1 September, after the departure of Javier Martón, he was registered in the first team squad with the number '24'.[10] After a few months in which he occasionally filled in as a right-back or center-back, in December he made a place for himself in the centre of midfield, with several impressive displays.[11] [12] [13]
He was an international in various youth categories of the Spanish national team. In 2017, he attended a friendly tournament with the under-16 team coached by Santi Denia.[14] [15] [16] He was also an under-18, under-19 and under-20 international.[17] [18]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Basconia | 2018–19 | Tercera División | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | |||
| Athletic Bilbao B | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 23 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 33 | 3 | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Primera Federación | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 69 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 4 | |||
| Mirandés (loan) | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 2023–24 | La Liga | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 174 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 186 | 8 | |||
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