Pablo Insua Blanco (born 9 September 1993) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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, ...

Club career

Deportivo

Born in

Arzúa Arzúa () is a municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia in the province of A Coruña in northwestern Spain. It has an area of 155.89 km², a population of 6,315 (2012 estimate), and a population density of 40.64 people/km². It is ...

Province of A Coruña The province of A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical en, link=no, Corunna) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. This province is surrounded by the At ...

, Insua was a youth product of local

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

. He made his debut as a senior with the reserves, representing them in both the Segunda División B and the

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. Insua made his official debut for the

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' first team on 25 November 2012, playing the last ten minutes of the 1–1

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away draw against Athletic Bilbao. On 17 August of the following year, with the club again in the Segunda División, he scored his first professional goal, the only in a win at

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. Insua renewed with ''Depor'' on 25 March 2014, signing until 2018. He was an ever-present figure during the season, appearing in 39 matches and scoring three goals as his team returned to the top flight at the first attempt.

Leganés

On 15 August 2015, Insua was loaned to CD Leganés of the second tier for one year. He scored once from 35 games in his

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, helping to a first ever top-division promotion. Insúa's loan was renewed for a further season on 15 July 2016. He scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier on 21 January 2017, equalising a 2–2 away draw with

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 ...

Schalke 04

On 29 June 2017, after contributing 29 appearances as Leganés retained their newly acquired status, Insua signed with FC Schalke 04 on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. In September, he suffered myocarditis which kept him out of play for months until he returned to training in January 2018. His

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debut occurred on 17 March, when he came on as a 64th-minute substitute in the 1–0 away defeat of

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Huesca

On 20 July 2018, Insua joined

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in ...

on a

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-long loan. On 21 August 2019, the move was extended for another year. Insua agreed to a permanent three-year contract on 1 August 2020, after the club exercised their option to buy. On 2 July 2022, his link was terminated.

Sporting Gijón

On 4 July 2022, Insua signed a two-year deal with

Career statistics

Honours

Huesca * Segunda División: 2019–20 Spain U19 *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Insua, Pablo 1993 births Living people People from Arzúa (comarca) Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of A Coruña Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Deportivo Fabril players Deportivo de La Coruña players CD Leganés players SD Huesca footballers Sporting de Gijón players Bundesliga players FC Schalke 04 players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany