Athletic (whose official name is Athletic Club) have not always used Basque players only.Founded in 1898 after British workers and young Basques who had studied there brought football to Bilbao ...

Athletic’s current coach is Ernesto Valverde. Valverde played for them from 1990-1996 but was born in the western province of Extremadura. He was eligible because he grew up in the Basque city ...