Iago Aspas Juncal (; born 1 August 1987) is a Spanish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
striker for
Celta
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and the
Spain national team.
He has spent most of his career with Celta, appearing in 418 official games across 13 seasons and scoring 184 goals. He made his
La Liga
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debut with the club in 2012 and moved to
Liverpool
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the following year, returning to Celta in 2015 after a loan at
Sevilla
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.
Aspas first appeared with the Spain senior team in 2016. He represented the country at the
2018 World Cup
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.
Club career
Celta
![Iago Aspas](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Iago_Aspas.jpg)
Aspas was born in
Moaña
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It is one of the five municipalities with Bueu, Cangas do Morrazo, Marin and Vilaboa that forms the peninsula of O Morrazo. This peninsula sep ...
,
Province of Pontevedra
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,
Galicia. Brought through the youth ranks of local club
RC Celta de Vigo, he made his first-team debut in the
2007–08 season with the side in
Segunda División, then played his second game on 6 June 2009: brought on as a 59th-minute
substitute against
Deportivo Alavés
Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded on 1 July 1920 as Sport Friends Club, it ...
, he scored both of his team's goals in a 2–1 home win, being essential as it eventually
escaped relegation. When he was 17, he was loaned to neighbouring
Rápido de Bouzas
Club Rápido de Bouzas is a Spanish football team based in Bouzas, parish of Vigo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1914 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Baltasar Pujale ...
, where he spent his penultimate year as a junior.
Aspas was definitively promoted from
the reserves for
2009–10, going on to appear in several more campaigns in the second tier with the
Galicians
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. In the
2011–12 season, he netted a career-best 23 league goals, second-best in the competition behind
UD Almería
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's
Leonardo Ulloa
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After starting out with CAI, he joined San Lorenzo in 2005, going on to spend the better part of the following year ...
as Celta returned to
La Liga
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after a five-year absence. As a result of his performances, he was voted the
best forward and
Zarra Trophy
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It was awarded for the ...
winner for the category.
Aspas made his top flight debut on 18 August 2012, starting in a 0–1 home loss against
Málaga CF. He scored his first goal in the competition the following month, contributing to a 2–0 win over
CA Osasuna
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also at
Balaídos, and added a further 11 during
the campaign to help the side escape relegation in the final matchday.
On 15 March 2013, during the 3–1
Galician derby
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* Deportivo de La Coruña, commonly known as si ...
away loss to
Deportivo de La Coruña
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, Aspas was
sent off
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after half an hour for headbutting
Carlos Marchena.
Liverpool
![Brendan Rodgers and Iago Aspas](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Brendan_Rodgers_and_Iago_Aspas.jpg)
In May 2013, it was widely rumoured that a fee estimated between £7–9 million had been agreed for Aspas to join
Liverpool
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, pending personal terms and a medical. On 13 June, both clubs agreed to a deal in principle to sign the player subject to completion of documentation, but this was delayed when his former agent requested the
Royal Spanish Football Federation withhold international clearance because of a dispute over his representation; the deal was finally completed on 23 June, and he was given the number 9 shirt.
Aspas made his Liverpool debut on 13 July 2013, scoring his first goal as well as assisting
Raheem Sterling
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Born in Jamaica to Jamaican parents, S ...
in a 4–0 pre-season friendly win against
Preston North End. He made his
Premier League
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debut on 17 August, providing an assist for
Daniel Sturridge
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in a 1–0 victory over
Stoke City at
Anfield
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.
Aspas scored his first competitive goal for the Reds on 5 January 2014, in a
2–0 win over
Oldham Athletic
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The history of Oldham Athletic be ...
in the
FA Cup
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. During his spell, he played second-fiddle to
Philippe Coutinho
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, Sterling, Sturridge and
Luis Suárez
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...
as the Reds went on to
finish second; he also struggled with his limited knowledge of the English language.
Sevilla
On 14 July 2014, Aspas returned to his homeland, being loaned to
Sevilla FC
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in a
season
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-long move and with a permanent three-year deal as a subsequent obligatory option. He made his competitive debut on 12 August in the
2014 UEFA Super Cup
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at the
Cardiff City Stadium
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Following expansion of the Ninian Stand in July 2 ...
, replacing fellow debutant
Aleix Vidal
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Having spent his early career at a string of l ...
after 66 minutes of an eventual 0–2 defeat to
Real Madrid.
On 14 September 2014, Aspas appeared in the league for the first time, coming on for
Carlos Bacca
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Bacca began his career at Atlético Junior, where he was top scorer in the 2010 Categoría Primera A Apert ...
for the final seven minutes of a 2–0 home win against
Getafe CF. His first goal for his new club came on 2 October, as he opened the score in a
2–2 draw at
HNK Rijeka
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for the
UEFA Europa League
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group stage. Late in that month he played the full 90 minutes and grabbed a
hat-trick
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Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
against
CE Sabadell FC
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, helping to a 6–1 away rout in the
round of 32 of the
Copa del Rey
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, adding another treble within a four-minute spell in the second leg for a 5–1 win; he and
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
's
Neymar
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were the tournament's top scorers, with seven goals each.
Aspas' first league goal for Sevilla came on 1 February 2015, the winner in a 3–2 victory over
RCD Espanyol
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. Earlier in the game, he had taken a shot which was handled by
Kiko Casilla
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He started playing for Real Madrid, but only represented the reserve teams in the early stage of his career. ...
outside of the penalty area, resulting in the goalkeeper's dismissal.
Return to Celta
On 12 June 2015, Sevilla signed Aspas from Liverpool as part of the agreement between the two clubs, then sold him straight back to Celta on the same day, with the player agreeing to a five-year contract six days later for a
€
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5 million fee. On 23 September, he scored twice in a 4–1 home win over Barcelona.
![Iago Aspas - Celta de Vigo - WMES 04](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Iago_Aspas_-_Celta_de_Vigo_-_WMES_04.jpg)
Aspas was the
La Liga Player of the Month
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for October 2016 after scoring five goals, including braces in a 4–1 win against Deportivo and a 3–3 draw with
UD Las Palmas
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, in addition to a goal and assist in a 4–3 victory over reigning champions Barcelona.
The following 23 February he scored a last-minute penalty in the
Europa League last-32 second leg to force
extra time at
FC Shakhtar Donetsk, with the Spaniards emerging victorious.
On 21 May 2017, in the last matchday of
the campaign, Aspas scored through a
penalty
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A p ...
in a 2–2 home draw against
Real Sociedad, reaching a personal-best 19 goals and winning the
Zarra Trophy
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It was awarded for the ...
in the process.
The following season he was again the league's top-scoring Spaniard at 22, behind only
Lionel Messi
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,
Cristiano Ronaldo
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and
Luis Suárez
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...
overall. He netted hat-tricks in a 5–2 win at
UD Las Palmas
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on 16 October 2017 and a 4–0 defeat of former side Sevilla the following 7 April, in addition to a brace in a 3–1 derby win at eventually relegated Deportivo; on 5 November 2017, with another couple in a 3–1 home win over
Athletic Bilbao, he reached 100 goals for his main employer, putting himself sixth in their all-time scorers.
In
2018–19, Aspas was absent with a calf injury for three months from the end of December, during which Celta slipped from ninth place to 18th in the table. He netted twice in a 3–2 win over Villarreal on his return on 30 March 2019 in what was also his 300th game for the team, and on 17 April he signed a new contract to last until 2023, the club's centenary year.
On 24 June 2020, Aspas scored the only goal at
Real Sociedad to reach 100 La Liga goals from 209 games; only four players since the
Spanish Civil War
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had done so quicker. Three days later he reached 150 for Celta in his 339th overall match, a 2–2 home draw with Barcelona. On 30 June, he achieved a century of top-flight goals for the club in a 5–1 away loss against
RCD Mallorca.
Aspas netted in a 3–1 home defeat to Real Sociedad on 1 November 2020 with his 105th goal for the team in the top division, taking a 69-year record from
Hermidita
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. He was again voted the best in the league for December, contributing to eight of Celta's 11 goals as they went unbeaten in five games.
At the end of
the season, he had managed to score at least 14 times for the sixth consecutive year. According to different sources, his 160th goal for Celta either equalled Nolete as second highest, or surpassed founding member
Ramón Polo as the club's highest scorer of all time.
On 6 November 2021, Aspas scored a brace to help his side come back from 3–0 down to salvage a 3–3 draw against Barcelona, including a goal in the sixth minute of added time.
International career
Spain
In December 2012 Aspas, along with
Michu
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He started playing for Real Oviedo, subsequently representing Celta and Rayo Vallecano, ...
, was poised to be called up by manager
Vicente del Bosque
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for a debut with the
Spain national team on 6 February 2013, in an
exhibition game with
Uruguay
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in
Doha
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, Qatar. However, neither made the final squad for that match.
Aspas finally earned his first
cap
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on 15 November 2016, under new coach
Julen Lopetegui, replacing
Juan Mata
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A gr ...
for the second half of the 2–2 friendly draw against
England
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, being
booked and scoring his side's first goal. His competitive debut came on 24 March of the following year, as he played the last six minutes of the 4–1 home win over
Israel
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for the
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Aspas was included in the 23-man squad for the World Cup finals in Russia. He made his debut in
the competition on 15 June 2018, replacing
Diego Costa
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, who had scored twice, for the final 14 minutes of the 3–3 group-stage draw against
Portugal
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; ten days later, having come on for the same player, he scored a
last-minute equaliser with a
backheel
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Morocco
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and reach the knockout phase as group champions.
On 1 July 2018, again after having taken the place of Costa, Aspas was one of two Spanish players to miss his attempt in the 4–3
penalty shootout
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round-of-16 loss to
Russia
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in
Moscow
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. In March 2023, after nearly four years without an appearance, the 35-year-old was called by newly-appointed coach
Luis de la Fuente for
UEFA Euro 2024
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qualifying matches against
Norway
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and
Scotland
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.
Galicia
Aspas represented
Galicia in the region's first match for eight years, scoring in a 1–1 friendly draw with
Venezuela
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on 20 May 2016.
Personal life
Aspas' older brother,
Jonathan, was also a footballer. He too came through Celta's youth system. Their cousin, Aitor, represented smaller teams in their native region.
Aspas has three children with his wife Jennifer Rueda, whom he married in June 2019.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aspas goal.''
[
]
Honours
Sevilla
*UEFA Europa League
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: 2014–15[
Individual
*]Zarra Trophy
The Zarra Trophy is a trophy awarded annually by the Spanish sports daily '' Marca'' to the Spanish domestic player with the highest goal total in La Liga. It is named after the former Athletic Bilbao striker Telmo Zarra.
It was awarded for the ...
: 2016–17,[ 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
*Zarra Trophy ( Segunda División): 2011–12
* Best Forward (Segunda División): 2011–12
*]La Liga Player of the Month
The Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countrie ...
: October 2016,[ November 2017, April 2019, December 2020][
*]UEFA
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La Liga Team of The Season: 2017–18, 2018–19
References
External links
*
*
Celta de Vigo biography
Liverpool historic profile
*
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1987 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Moaña
Men's association football forwards
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Celta de Vigo B players
RC Celta de Vigo players
Sevilla FC players
Premier League players
Liverpool F.C. players
UEFA Europa League winning players
Spain men's international footballers
2018 FIFA World Cup players
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in England
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England