Iván Iglesias

Iván Iglesias
Personal information
Full name Iván Iglesias Corteguera
Date of birth (1971-12-16) 16 December 1971
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Sporting B 55 (4)
1991–1993 Sporting Gijón 43 (4)
1993–1995 Barcelona 49 (5)
1995–1996 Sporting Gijón 18 (0)
1996–2000 Oviedo 94 (11)
2000–2002 Rayo Vallecano 26 (1)
2002–2003 Cartagonova 20 (0)
2003–2004 Oviedo ACF
Total 305 (25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Iván Iglesias Corteguera (born 16 December 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Iglesias started playing professionally with local Sporting de Gijón. After only two seasons – and only appearing regularly in his second – he was signed by La Liga powerhouse FC Barcelona in the 1993 off-season, after agreeing to a five-year contract.[1]

Never an undisputed starter at the Camp Nou, Iglesias did amass nearly 70 official appearances in his two-year spell. On 8 January 1994 he closed the scoresheet for Johan Cruyff's side against Real Madrid, in a 5–0 home demolition[2] as Barcelona eventually clinched the league title.[3]

Iglesias then returned to Sporting for another campaign, appearing sparingly, after which he switched to neighbouring Real Oviedo where he would stay four years, always in the top level. He retired in June 2002 at only 30 while at Rayo Vallecano (also in the first division), due to injuries, totalling 230 games and 21 goals in 11 seasons.

Iglesias later opened a football school, with former Sporting teammate Juanele.[4]

Honours

Barcelona

References

  1. ↑ "Iván, con todas las de la ley" [Iván, as it should]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 July 1993. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "El Barça se apunta otro 5–0 histórico" [Barça clinches another historical 5–0]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 January 1994. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Apoteosis en la cuarta" [Exhilaration in fourth]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 May 1994. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Qué fue de… Iván Iglesias" [What happened to… Iván Iglesias] (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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