The record for consecutive matches in the First Division held by Iñaki Williams has stood at a total of 251 when it was learned that the striker from Bilbao was left out of Athletic Club's final call-up this Sunday for the league match against Celta de Vigo in Balaídos.
Williams had knee problems since his participation in the World Cup in Qatar and ended up playing last Thursday's match at Mestalla against Valencia, a Copa del Rey quarterfinal clash that the Basque team won 1-3 with two assists from eldest of the Williamses.
It was on April 20, 2016, in a match against Atlético de Madrid played in San Mamés, when the eldest of the Williams began that series of uninterrupted appearances unprecedented in the history of the league competition and that has continued until this Sunday, January 29, 2023. Between the two dates, 2,475 days have elapsed without missing a league game. Awesome.
From that date, the attacker participated in the four remaining matches of that course, in all of the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022 seasons and in the 18 days disputed so far by Athletic in the current course.
Williams (Bilbao, 6-15-1994) alone leads this historical ranking since October 1, 2021, when he surpassed the 202 games that former Real Sociedad player Juan Antonio Larrañaga chained between the 1986-1987 and 1991-1992 seasons. .
