Jon Morcillo Conesa (born 15 September 1998) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Early career

Born in Amorebieta-Etxano,

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, Basque Country to a Basque father and a mother from Cartagena,

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, Morcillo represented SD Amorebieta and

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as a youth. He made his senior debut with the latter's first team on 1 May 2016, in a 2–0

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away loss against

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Athletic Bilbao

In June 2016, Morcillo joined

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at the age of 17, being initially assigned to the

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also in the regional fourth division. Promoted to the reserves in June 2018, he made his

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debut for them on 25 August of that year, playing the last four minutes of a 2–0 home win over

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. Morcillo scored his first goal for the B side on 25 November 2018, opening the 1–1 draw at

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. He emerged as an important player during the 2019–20 season by contributing ten goals, including one from the halfway line in a 3–0 away victory against Tudelano on 22 September 2019. On 8 May 2020, Morcillo renewed his contract with the ''Lions'' until 2023, being subsequently called up to pre-season with the main squad. He made his first-team – and

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– debut on 12 September, three days before his 22nd birthday, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 away defeat to

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. He was definitely promoted to the first team in October, being given the number 2 jersey. Morcillo featured intermittently across his maiden campaign, coming off the bench against

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and

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as Athletic beat both rivals to claim the 2021 Supercopa de España in January 2021, but not selected in the squad for the 2020 final of the

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(delayed due to the

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) three months later, which ended in defeat to

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. Having scored in the quarter-final

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and assisted the decisive goal in the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup, he was named among the substitutes for the 2021 final which took place on 17 April, just two weeks after the previous edition; he did not get on the field in the 4–0 loss to Barcelona. On 28 April 2021, Morcillo scored his first league goal, in a 2–2 draw at home to

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. The following January he was loaned to that side, now playing in the

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, until the end of the season. On 23 August 2023, Morcillo returned to his first club Amorebieta on loan for the 2023–24 campaign.

Albacete

On 2 July 2024,

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Morcillo signed a two-year deal with

in the second division.

International career

Morcillo won

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for the unofficial Basque Country team, making his debut against

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in November 2020.

Career statistics

Honours

Athletic Bilbao *

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runner-up: 2020–21

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morcillo, Jon 1998 births Living people People from Amorebieta-Etxano Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Biscay Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Basconia footballers Athletic Bilbao B footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers Real Valladolid players SD Amorebieta footballers Albacete Balompié players Basque Country men's international footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen