Nacho Cases
Spanish footballer
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Ignacio 'Nacho' Cases Mora (born 22 December 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
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Cases warming up for Sporting Gijón in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | |||
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
Sporting Gijón
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
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
- As of match played on 4 January 2020
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
- Appearances in Tercera División promotion play-offs
- Appearances in Segunda División B relegation play-offs
- Appearance in La Liga play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
AEK Larnaca