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

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Jacobo played once for

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

's first team, coming on as a substitute for Luciano Galletti in injury time of a 3–1

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away win against

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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, 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 known as 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 Basque ...

CD Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A de C.V. (;), nicknamed ''"Chivas"'' () and simply known as Guadalajara or internationally as Chivas de Guadalajara, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Guadalajara metropolit ...

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 second division and the other two in the third. 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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's Wolfsberger AC in the summer of 2011. He scored a career-best 14 goals from 34 appearances in his first year, helping to promotion to the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ynclán, Jacobo 1984 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish men's footballers Men's 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Austria 21st-century Spanish sportsmen