Marco Asensio's Life and Career Journey in Football "The Mother is a Football Fan who Idolizes Marco Van Basten"

Marco Asensio was born on January 21, 1996 in Palma, Malorca, Spain. He was born to Gilberto Asensio and Maria Gertruida Margaretha Willemsem. Ms. Asensio is from the Netherlands, it is no accident that Asensio and Van Basten have the same first name.

After the birth of the child, Gilberto allowed his wife to choose a name for their baby, they chose to name their child similar to the name of the icon and Dutch soccer player Marco Van Basten. Please note that the mother is a football fan who idolizes Marco Van Basten.

Meanwhile, Asensio's father is a former soccer player who also worked as a hotel employee. When playing his father was a fairly agile forward. Asensio also has an older brother who works as a footballer named Igor.

Since childhood, Asensio had to fight against the growth of his knee that is not normal, it was only able to completely heal when he was a teenager. Asensio had liked the game of the round leather from an early age, he had been given a gift from a ball.

Growing up, Marco Asensio idolized Real Madrid and wanted to play at the Santiago Bernabeu, even he had a poster of the French legend and El Real, Zinedine Zidane on the wall of his room.

Asensio began his career by joining the Real Malorca Academy. There Asensio's talents continue to be honed and developed. His goal to become a famous footballer also received full support from his mother.

When he was 8 years old, Asensio and his mother accidentally met with the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez in a port. The mother at that time asked for a photo together with the number one real Madrid, and he also had said to Perez that his son would someday be defending Real Madrid.

Since that meeting Asensio was determined to defend Madrid. At the age of 15, Asensio had to lose the person he loved. The mother died in 2011 from a cancer attack.

In 2013, Asensio finally made his professional debut, when he played for Real Malorca B on October 27 in the match against Recreativo de Huelva in the Segunda Division.

In the middle of 2014 Marco Asensio got a surprise from the agent, the agent said that Real Madrid was interested in him. Asensio's neat performance in the previous season did make some big teams smitten, not only Madrid, Barcelona were also interested to bring it.

But at that time, El Real gave a greater offer to Real Malorca than Barca. Asensio who is a Madrid fan did not take long to accept the offer. He signed a six-year contract at a cost of 3.9 million euros, or around Rp 62 billion.

Although Madrid has officially been charged, but Asensio is not immediately a major player. Asensio is still playing for Real Malorca until the end of the 2014/15 season on loan from Madrid. The following season he was loaned to Espanyol. Together with the club based in Cornela El Prat, Asensio scored 4 goals and 12 assists from 37 appearances in all competitions.

Entering the 2016/17 season Asensio returned to Madrid, when Florentino Perez was introduced to the fans, he had tears in his eyes because he remembered his mother who had fully supported his desire to play at Los Galacticos.

Together with El Real, Asensio made his debut match on August 9 against Sevilla in the European Super Cup. Which he played for 120 minutes in El Real's 3-2 win over Sevilla. His appearance also could reap praise.

Twelve days later, he made his first appearance in the Spanish league against Real Sociedad, he also scored one of the goalscorers when Madrid won 3-0. His first season was passed by notching 10 goals in 38 matches.

In that season he helped Real Madrid win the Spanish League, the Club World Cup and the European Champions League. Even in the top league championship against Juventus, he created one goal.

In the following season, his appearance was still consistent. At the start of the season he scored a long-range goal against Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. In September 2017, Asensio extended his contract until 2023.

In February 2018 Asensio scored two goals in a 5–3 away win over Real Betis, his goal being Real Madrid's 6000th goal in Spain's top competition.

In that season, Asensio was able to score 11 goals in 53 matches in all competitions. He also re-presented champions league title for Real Madrid.

On the international stage, since the age of 16 Asensio has defended La furia roja. He then went up to defend the U-18 and U-19 national teams of Spain. March 2015 Asensio makes his debut for the Under-21 team against Norway. Four months later he helped Spain win the U-19 European Cup where he was chosen as the best player.

Marco Asensio could actually defend the Dutch because he had Dutch blood from his mother. In 2016, the Orange Team supporters made an online campaign with the hashtag #AsensioWillemseninOranje following the Dutch national team's poor performance at the European Cup. At that time, Asensio had never worn a Spanish national team costume at a senior level.

His debut with the senior team occurred on May 29, 2016 during a clash with Switzerland. In the 2018 World Cup, he played in three matches. While his first goal for Spain occurred on September 11, 2018, during a 6-0 win over Croatia in the UEFA Nations League. Until now Asensio has collected 22 international caps.

Marco Asensio's appearance has always improved from season to season. Last season, Marina Muntaner's lover was able to score 6 goals, 13 assists in 44 matches with Real Madrid.

Even the former Spanish national team coach, Vicente Del Bosque, once called Asensio a young player with the best talent in Spain at the moment. Now his abilities are still always needed by El Real and of course the Spanish national team.