Nacho Cases

Nacho Cases
	Cases warming up for Sporting Gijón in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Ignacio Cases Mora
Date of birth	22 December 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Gijón, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Youth career
1993–1994	Codema
1994–2006	Sporting Gijón
2004–2005	→ Revillagigedo (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2011	Sporting Gijón B
2011–2017	Sporting Gijón
2017–2021	AEK Larnaca
2020	→ Volos (loan)
2021	Sūduva
2022	Anagennisi
2022–2023	Ermis
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ignacio 'Nacho' Cases Mora (born 22 December 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	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]	Tercera División	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]	La Liga	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]	La Liga	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

^ ^a ^b Appearances in Tercera División promotion play-offs
^ Appearances in Segunda División B relegation play-offs
^ Appearance in La Liga play-offs
^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

AEK Larnaca

Cypriot Cup: 2017–18^[11]
Cypriot Super Cup: 2018^[10]

References

^ Vigil Morán, Alejandro (19 July 2023). "El Sporting contrata a Nacho Cases tras su retirada como futbolista profesional" [Sporting sign Nacho Cases following his retirement as a professional footballer]. La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
^ Barrio, J. (7 January 2011). "El último canterano de su generación" [The last youth player of his generation]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ Rivas, Juan Carlos (10 January 2011). ""Nos vamos a salvar", afirma Cases" ['We will stay up', says Cases]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ "Real suffer Sporting shock". Sky Sports. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
^ "El descubrimiento del año" [Finding of the year]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 3 January 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
^ "El Sporting rompe su racha negativa a costa del Hércules" [Sporting end their negative streak at the expense of Hércules]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 15 January 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
^ "Entrevista a Nacho Cases" [Interview to Nacho Cases] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ SPORTING GIJON ΓΙΑ NACHO CASES!" [Agreement with Sporting Gijón for Nacho Cases!] (in Greek). AEK Larnaca. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Nacho Cases at BDFutbol
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nacho Cases at Soccerway
^ Xarilaou, Xaris. "Cyprus 2017/18". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

External links

Nacho Cases at BDFutbol
Nacho Cases at Futbolme (in Spanish)

[PPO-10] Appearances in Tercera División promotion play-offs

[RPO-11] Appearances in Segunda División B relegation play-offs

[12] Appearance in La Liga play-offs

[UEL-14] Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[1] Vigil Morán, Alejandro (19 July 2023). "El Sporting contrata a Nacho Cases tras su retirada como futbolista profesional" [Sporting sign Nacho Cases following his retirement as a professional footballer]. La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.

[2] Barrio, J. (7 January 2011). "El último canterano de su generación" [The last youth player of his generation]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[3] Rivas, Juan Carlos (10 January 2011). ""Nos vamos a salvar", afirma Cases" ['We will stay up', says Cases]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[4] "Real suffer Sporting shock". Sky Sports. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

[5] "El descubrimiento del año" [Finding of the year]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 3 January 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

[6] "El Sporting rompe su racha negativa a costa del Hércules" [Sporting end their negative streak at the expense of Hércules]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 15 January 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

[7] "Entrevista a Nacho Cases" [Interview to Nacho Cases] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[8] "ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ SPORTING GIJON ΓΙΑ NACHO CASES!" [Agreement with Sporting Gijón for Nacho Cases!] (in Greek). AEK Larnaca. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[BD-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Nacho Cases at BDFutbol

[SW-13] Nacho Cases at Soccerway

[15] Xarilaou, Xaris. "Cyprus 2017/18". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

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