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Iñigo Pérez
Personal information
Full name Iñigo Pérez Soto
Date of birth (1988-01-18) 18 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Osasuna
Number 21
Youth career
2001–2002 Chantrea
2002–2006 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Basconia 38 (8)
2007–2010 Bilbao Athletic 81 (9)
2009–2014 Athletic Bilbao 33 (1)
2011 → Huesca (loan) 13 (0)
2013–2014 → Mallorca (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2018 Numancia 138 (4)
2018– Osasuna 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2018

Iñigo Pérez Soto (born 18 January 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CA Osasuna as a central midfielder.

Football career

A product of Athletic Bilbao's youth ranks at Lezama, Pérez was born in Pamplona, Navarre, and moved to the reserves in early 2007 although he still appeared for some more time with CD Basconia the farm team. On 28 October 2009, he made his debut for the main squad, starting in a 0–2 Copa del Rey defeat at Rayo Vallecano (2–4 aggregate loss);[1] two days later he first appeared in La Liga, replacing veteran Pablo Orbaiz in a 1–0 home win against Atlético Madrid.[2]

Definitely promoted to Athletic's first team for the 2010–11 season, Pérez scored in his first official appearance, a 3–0 home win over RCD Mallorca, playing the last ten minutes in the place of Iker Muniain.[3] On 8 March 2011 he was loaned to SD Huesca in Segunda División – the winter transfer window had long since closed, but the Royal Spanish Football Federation allowed the move as the Aragonese had just lost David Bauzá to an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[4]

Pérez appeared much more regularly for the Basques in the 2011–12 campaign, under new manager Marcelo Bielsa, featuring in 40 games all competitions comprised mainly due to the departure of Orbaiz (loaned to Olympiacos FC) and the serious knee injury of Carlos Gurpegui. He spent the first half of 2013–14 on loan at Mallorca, returning on 31 January 2014 due to stress problems.[5]

On 18 July 2014, Pérez joined second division side CD Numancia after terminating his contract with Athletic.[6] On 2 July 2018, he agreed to a four-year deal with fellow league team CA Osasuna, who paid € 750,000 for his services.[7]

Career statistics

As of 2 February 2018[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Athletic Bilbao 2009–10 La Liga 3 0 1 0 1[a] 0 5 0
2010–11 La Liga 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
2011–12 La Liga 22 0 9 0 9[a] 0 40 0
2012–13 La Liga 5 0 0 0 4[a] 1 9 1
2013–14 La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 33 1 11 0 14 1 58 2
Huesca (loan) 2010–11 Segunda División 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Mallorca (loan) 2013–14 Segunda División 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Numancia 2014–15 Segunda División 35 0 2 0 0 0 37 0
2015–16 Segunda División 26 1 1 0 0 0 27 1
2016–17 Segunda División 39 1 1 0 0 0 40 1
2017–18 Segunda División 21 2 3 0 0 0 24 2
Total 121 4 7 0 0 0 128 4
Career totals 180 5 18 0 14 1 212 6
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

References

  1. ^ El Rayo deja contra las cuerdas al subcampeón (Rayo leave vice-champions against the ropes); Marca, 28 October 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ 1–0. Javi Martínez decide el duelo de deprimidos entre Athletic y Atlético (1–0. Javi Martínez decides duel of the doldrums between Athletic and Atlético); Público, 31 October 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Lopez luck aids Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 21 September 2010
  4. ^ Íñigo Pérez llega al Huesca cedido por el Athletic (Íñigo Pérez arrives at Huesca on loan from Athletic); Marca, 8 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Iñigo Pérez regresa al Athletic por un "cuadro de estrés" (Iñigo Pérez returns to Athletic for "stress condition"); Diario AS, 31 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Iñigo Pérez ya es nuevo jugador del Numancia (Iñigo Pérez already is the new player of Numancia); Marca, 18 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Club Atlético Osasuna ficha a Iñigo Pérez (Club Atlético Osasuna sign Iñigo Pérez); CA Osasuna, 2 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Iñigo Pérez at Soccerway
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