Ignacio Don
Argentine-Paraguayan footballer
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Ignacio Óscar Don Núñez (born 28 February 1982), also known as Nacho Don, is an Argentine-Paraguayan[2] former football goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ignacio Óscar Don Núñez | ||
| Date of birth | 28 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Selva, Santiago del Estero, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atlético Selva | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | |||
| Rosario Central | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Belgrano San José | – | (–) | |
| 2005–2007 | Nacional | 45 | (0) |
| 2007 | Huachipato | 17 | (0) |
| 2008–2016 | Nacional | 120 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Rubio Ñu (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Cerro Porteño | 7 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Guaraní | 20 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Guaireña | 39 | (0) |
| 2022 | Libertad | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
As a youth player, Don was with Atlético Selva, Newell's Old Boys and Rosario Central before starting his career with Belgrano de San José de La Esquina in the Argentine Liga Chañarense.[3]
In 2005, aged 22, Don moved to Paraguay and joined Nacional.[3] After two season in that club, in 2007, he moved to Chilean Primera División team Huachipato, directed by his countrymen Antonio Zaracho during that season, because he replaced to Arturo Salah in the bench, because he was signed by Chilean powerhouse Universidad de Chile. He had a six-months spell in Chile, playing 17 league games,[4] but Don finished as the second-choice goalkeeper Cristián Torralbo.
After an unnoticed pass at Huachipato,[5] he returned to Nacional for the 2008 season, team in where the following season, Don played the 2009 Copa Libertadores, his first international tournament, because the club's successful season. The following season, he won the Primera División title and again won the same title in the 2011 season.[6]
Don retired at the end of the 2022 season.[7]
Personal life
Don naturalized Paraguayan in 2014.[2]
Honours
- Nacional