Jacobo María Ynclán Pajares (born 4 February 1984), sometimes known simply as Jacobo, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

, Jacobo played once for Atlético Madrid's first team, coming on as a substitute for

Luciano Galletti Luciano Martín Galletti (; born 9 April 1980) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a right winger. In a professional career that lasted 14 years he played mostly in Spain, with Zaragoza and Atlético Madrid, but also represented Ol ...

in injury time of a 3–1

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away win against RC Celta de Vigo on 14 January 2007, but his career was spent mainly in the lower divisions – he also spent one season in

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loaned to

R.E. Mouscron Royal Excelsior Mouscron was a Football in Belgium, Belgian football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut (province), Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and soon ceased to exist. A new club known as Royal Excel Mous ...

, before being definitely released by the ''Colchoneros'' on 30 June 2008. In the following three years, Jacobo represented

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 ...

CD Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divisi ...

and

RSD Alcalá Real Sociedad Deportiva Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Henares in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 7, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal del Val'', with a capac ...

, the first team in the

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and the other two in

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. He appeared in only six matches out of a possible 42 with the former club, with the campaign also ending in relegation. Jacobo signed for

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in the summer of 2011. He scored a career-best 14 goals from 34 appearances in his first year, helping to promotion to the Austrian Football Bundesliga.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ynclán, Jacobo 1984 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish footballers Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Atlético Madrid B players Atlético Madrid footballers Polideportivo Ejido footballers UE Lleida players Deportivo Alavés players CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers RSD Alcalá players Royal Excel Mouscron players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Wolfsberger AC players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Austria Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Austria