Ignacio "Nacho" Gil de Pareja Vicent (born 9 September 1995) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

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. Primarily deployed as a

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, he can also play as a

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. Formed at

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, he made 22

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appearances for them and for

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spain, Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in th ...

, while playing over 100

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games for three clubs.

Club career

Valencia

Born in

, Gil joined hometown club

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's youth setup in 2002 at the age of seven. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 5 January 2014, starting in a 1–0

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away loss against

CE L'Hospitalet Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF - Group 5, holding home games at Estadi Municipal ...

. Gil was promoted to the B team ahead of the 2014–15 season, and scored his first senior goal on 7 December 2014 in a 1–0 away win over

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before foldi ...

. He featured regularly for the side the following years, whilst being utilised as a

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during the 2016–17 campaign. Gil had a loan move to

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the ...

cancelled. He rejected an offer from

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, th ...

in August 2016, but submitted a transfer request to his parent club in January 2017, which was refused. Shortly after, he was called up to train with the main squad by manager Voro. Gil made his first-team and

debut on 25 February 2017, coming on as a late substitute for Mario Suárez in a 2–1 away defeat to Alavés. On 4 May, he renewed his contract until 2020. On 25 January 2018, Gil was loaned to

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

of the same league for six months. On 10 September, he moved to

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Estadi ...

also in a temporary deal.

Ponferradina

Gil terminated his contract with Valencia on 19 July 2019, and signed for second division team

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

just hours later. He played 35 matches in all competitions during his spell, scoring his only goal on 22 December 2019 in the 3–2 away victory against

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión D ...

Cartagena

On 18 August 2020, agreed to a two-year deal at

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 spe ...

, newly promoted to the second tier. He scored once – in a 4–1 loss at

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

on 26 March 2022– also being

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as a late substitute in a 1–0 away win over league leaders

on 2 January that year. Gil was released at the end of his contract in June 2022, as the club declined an extension.

New England Revolution

On 18 August 2022, Gil joined

. He made his debut on 10 September as a late substitute in a 2–1 loss at the

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Personal life

Gil's elder brother, Carles, is also a footballer and an attacking midfielder. He also came through at Valencia, and the pair were teammates at New England.

References

External links

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Stats and bio at CiberChe
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gil, Nacho 1995 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Valencia Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Valencia CF players UD Las Palmas players Elche CF players SD Ponferradina players FC Cartagena footballers Major League Soccer players New England Revolution players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in the United States Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States