Inigo Ros Añón (born 21 October 1982) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Ros began his professional career at

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad ( ; ''Royal Society'') in English, and Erreala or Reala in Basque language, Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Donostia / San Sebastián, ...

, making his senior debut with the B team in the 2001–02 season, in the

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. He played a further three and a half years with the

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club before joining

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in January 2006, acting as

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of the latter. Ros spent the following four campaigns competing with the

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ns, leaving in June 2010 and signing with

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in ) is a Spanish football league teams, Spanish professional football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...

also in the third division. In July 2012 he moved to

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

still in the third tier, finishing his first season with 40 appearances (

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included) as the

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returned to

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after a two-year absence. On 29 September 2013, aged nearly 31, Ros played his first professional match, starting the 1–0 home win over

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. He scored his first league goal on 10 November, in a 2–0 victory against former side Eibar also at the

Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez also Estadio de Tenerife is a association football, football stadium in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is the home ground of CD Tenerife. With a capacity of 22,824 seats, it is the 27 ...

. On 6 July 2014, Ros moved to third-tier

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

Personal life

Ros' younger brother, Javier, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He also represented Real Sociedad B and Eibar."Estuve cuatro años viniendo a Zubieta tres días por semana desde Tudela" ("For four years i came to Zubieta three days a week, from Tudela")
; Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 22 July 2012 (in Spanish)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ros, Inigo 1982 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Navarre Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Jaén footballers SD Eibar footballers CD Tenerife players SD Huesca footballers CD Tudelano footballers