Ignacio Pérez Santamaría

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Nacho
Personal information
Nacho training with Betis
Full name	Ignacio Pérez Santamaría
Date of birth	(1980-06-24) 24 June 1980
Place of birth	Málaga, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Betis
Number	23
Youth career
	Málaga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999–2004	Málaga B	112	(17)
2002–2006	Málaga	36	(3)
2004–2005	→ Levante (loan)	27	(4)
2006–2009	Getafe	40	(4)
2008	→ Real Sociedad (loan)	16	(1)
2008–2009	→ Málaga (loan)	34	(1)
2009–	Betis	145	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Santamaría.

Ignacio Pérez Santamaría (born 24 June 1980), commonly known as Nacho, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Betis mainly as a left defender (he can also play as a left midfielder).

Football career

A product of Málaga CF's youth system, Nacho was born in Málaga, and he made his first-team debut on 23 March 2003, in a 1–1 La Liga home draw with Celta de Vigo. He went on to play four seasons with the Andalusia club, with a loan to fellow top-divisoner Levante UD in between.

In July 2006, upon Málaga's top flight relegation, Nacho joined Madrid's Getafe CF. Scarcely used during his second season he would be loaned in January 2008 to second level's Real Sociedad, as the Basque side ultimately failed to return to the top flight, with the player appearing in 16 matches – 13 as a starter.

For the 2008–09 campaign Nacho was loaned again, rejoining former team Málaga. Mainly used as a substitute he scored his first goal in his second spell in a 3–1 away win against Real Valladolid on 22 February 2009,^[1] helping the side finish eighth immediately after promoting.

In late August 2009 Nacho moved to Real Betis in division two, for the next three seasons.^[2] During most of his stint with the club he was used as an offensive left back,^[3] and played 34 games in his second year as the Verdiblancos returned to the top division after two years.

Personal

Nacho's father, who also bore the same nickname, played as a defender for CD Málaga during 1976–84, appearing in 69 top division games over the course of four seasons. There, he shared teams with his brother Juan Carlos, who still spent the following campaign with the club, and both continued to work with their main team (under its new denomination) in medical capacities following their retirement.

Nacho's brother, Perico, played for the club's reserves.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "Valladolid 1–3 Málaga". ESPN Soccernet. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
↑ "Nacho ya es nuevo futbolista del Real Betis" [Nacho is new Betis player] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 28 August 2009.
↑ "El lateral izquierdo, el único puesto sin sustituto" [Left-back, the only position without a backup] (in Spanish). Al Final de La Palmera. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
↑ Nacho, contra su familia (Nacho, against his family); Al Final de La Palmera, 29 September 2012 (Spanish)
↑ José Ignacio Pérez Frías at BDFutbol
↑ Juan Carlos Pérez Frías at BDFutbol

External links

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1 Adán 2 Chica 3 Paulão 4 Amaya 5 Matilla 6 Baptistão 7 Vadillo 8 Nono 9 Chuli 10 Verdú 11 Juanfran 12 Dídac 13 Sara 14 S. Sevilla 15 Perquis 16 B. Rodríguez 17 Juan Carlos 18 N'Diaye 19 Molina 20 Nosa 21 Reyes 22 Cedrick 23 Nacho (c) 24 Castro 25 Jordi Torres Coach: Calderón

Persondata
Name	Ignacio Pérez Santamaria
Alternative names	Nacho
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	24 June 1980
Place of birth	Málaga, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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