Nacho Cases
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ignacio Cases Mora | ||
Date of birth | 22 December 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1994 | Codema | ||
1994–2006 | Sporting Gijón | ||
2004–2005 | → Revillagigedo (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2011 | Sporting Gijón B | 134 | (21) |
2011–2017 | Sporting Gijón | 177 | (9) |
2017–2021 | AEK Larnaca | 56 | (3) |
2020 | → Volos (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2021 | Sūduva | 25 | (0) |
2022 | Anagennisi | 13 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Ermis | 26 | (2) |
Total | 437 | (35) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ignacio 'Nacho' Cases Mora (born 22 December 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He spent most of his career with Sporting de Gijón, appearing in 183 competitive games over the course of seven seasons (four in La Liga).[1]
Career
[edit]Sporting Gijón
[edit]Born in Gijón, Asturias, Cases was a product of Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth academy, Mareo. He made it to the B team during the 2006–07 season, with them playing in the Tercera División; although he proved instrumental in helping to achieve promotion one year later, he struggled for a place in the starting line-ups the following years.[2]
It was not until the 2010–11 campaign, at the age of 23 years – and acting as captain with the reserves – that Cases was finally given his chance to make his first-team debut, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Racing de Santander on 9 January 2011.[3] On 2 April, he assisted Miguel de las Cuevas in the 79th minute of a 1–0 win over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, thus ending José Mourinho's nine-year unbeaten home league record.[4] He finished his first season as a professional with 18 La Liga appearances, in an escape from relegation,[5] having scored his first goal in the top flight on 15 January 2011 in the 2–0 home defeat of Hércules CF.[6]
AEK Larnaca
[edit]On 22 June 2017, 29-year-old Cases announced he was leaving Sporting Gijón and bring to an end a 23-year association with the same club.[7] Shortly after, he joined a host of compatriots at Cyprus' AEK Larnaca FC.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played on 4 January 2020
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting Gijón B | 2006–07[9] | Tercera División | 33 | 6 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 35 | 6 | |
2007–08[9] | 30 | 10 | — | 4[a] | 1 | 34 | 11 | |||
2008–09[9] | Segunda División B | 33 | 1 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
2009–10[9] | 20 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
2010–11[9] | 18 | 3 | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||||
Total | 134 | 21 | — | 8 | 1 | 142 | 22 | |||
Sporting Gijón | 2010–11[9] | La Liga | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |
2011–12[9] | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |||
2012–13[9] | Segunda División | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 34 | 3 | ||
2013–14[9] | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
2014–15[9] | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
2015–16[9] | La Liga | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
2016–17[9] | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |||
Total | 177 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 10 | ||
AEK Larnaca | 2017–18[10] | Cypriot First Division | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
2018–19[10] | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8[d] | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
2019–20[10] | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
Total | 56 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 78 | 4 | ||
Career total | 367 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 403 | 36 |
- ^ a b Appearances in Tercera División promotion play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División B relegation play-offs
- ^ Appearance in La Liga play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]AEK Larnaca
References
[edit]- ^ Vigil Morán, Alejandro (19 July 2023). "El Sporting contrata a Nacho Cases tras su retirada como futbolista profesional" [Sporting sign Nacho Cases following his retirement as a professional footballer]. La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Barrio, J. (7 January 2011). "El último canterano de su generación" [The last youth player of his generation]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ Rivas, Juan Carlos (10 January 2011). ""Nos vamos a salvar", afirma Cases" ['We will stay up', says Cases]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Real suffer Sporting shock". Sky Sports. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "El descubrimiento del año" [Finding of the year]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 3 January 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "El Sporting rompe su racha negativa a costa del Hércules" [Sporting end their negative streak at the expense of Hércules]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 15 January 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Entrevista a Nacho Cases" [Interview to Nacho Cases] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ SPORTING GIJON ΓΙΑ NACHO CASES!" [Agreement with Sporting Gijón for Nacho Cases!] (in Greek). AEK Larnaca. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Nacho Cases at BDFutbol
- ^ a b c d Nacho Cases at Soccerway
- ^ Xarilaou, Xaris. "Cyprus 2017/18". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Nacho Cases at BDFutbol
- Nacho Cases at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from Gijón
- Men's association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Sporting de Gijón B players
- Sporting de Gijón players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Cypriot Second Division players
- AEK Larnaca FC players
- Anagennisi Deryneia FC players
- Ermis Aradippou FC players
- Super League Greece players
- Volos F.C. players
- A Lyga players
- FK Sūduva players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen