Nacho Cases
| 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) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sporting Gijón | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2004 | Sporting Gijón | ||
| 2004–2005 | Revillagigedo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2011 | Sporting B | 71 | (5) |
| 2011– | Sporting Gijón | 72 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ignacio 'Nacho' Cases Mora (born 22 December 1987 in Gijón, Asturias) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón as a midfielder.
Club career
A product of Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth academy, Mareo, Cases made it to the B team during the 2005–06 season, with the club playing in the fourth division. Although he proved instrumental in helping it achieve a promotion to the third level two years later, he struggled for a place in the starting line-ups in the following years.[1]
A skilled midfielder, 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 draw at Racing de Santander on 9 January 2011.[2] On 2 April he assisted Miguel de las Cuevas in the 79th minute of a 1–0 win against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, thus ending José Mourinho's nine-year unbeaten home league record.[3] He finished his first season as a professional with 18 La Liga appearances, in an eventual escape from relegation.
References
- ↑ El último canterano de su generación (The last canterano of his generation); El Comercio, 7 January 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ 'Nos vamos a salvar', afirma Cases ('We will not be relegated', says Cases); El Comercio, 10 January 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Real suffer Sporting shock; Sky Sports, 2 April 2011
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