Ignacio Agustín Sánchez Romo (born 11 February 1993), commonly known as Nacho, is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in , holding home games at '' E ...

Club career

Born in

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

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, Nacho graduated from

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

's youth setup in 2012 after a stint at

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estad ...

. He was subsequently released, and joined

SD Almazán Sociedad Deportiva Almazán is a Spanish football team based in Almazán, Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1967 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio La Arboleda'', with a capacity of 2,000 seats. Sea ...

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. After scoring a career-best 17 goals in 2014–15 (which included a

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in a 3–0 home win against CD Mirandés B on 9 November 2014), Nacho moved back to Numancia and was assigned to the reserves also in the fourth level. On 23 August 2015, after spending the entire pre-season with the first team, he made his professional debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Natalio in a 6–3

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home win against

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� ...

. On 3 November 2015, Nacho signed a new two-year deal with the ''

Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos is a multi-purpose stadium in Soria, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of CD Numancia. The stadium holds 8,261 seats and was built in 1999. It is notori ...

''-based club. He scored his first goal as a professional on 22 May of the following year, netting the first in a 2–3 away loss to

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team's ...

. On 8 June 2016, Nacho agreed to a further contract extension until 2019, and he was definitely promoted to the main squad in the following campaign. On 24 October 2017, he was one of two players on target for his team as they defeated

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side

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

2–1 in the first leg of the fourth round of the

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

, in spite of trailing 0–1 in

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. On 23 September 2020, after being relegated, Nacho signed for

Marbella FC Marbella Fútbol Club, formerly known as Unión Deportiva Marbella, is a Spanish football team based in Marbella, the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1997, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Dama de Noche football groun ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. The following 22 June, he moved to

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side

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

. On 3 July 2023, after scoring 13 goals for Real Unión, Nacho agreed to a contract with

, newly-promoted to the second level.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nacho 1993 births Living people Footballers from Las Palmas Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Numancia players CD Numancia B players Marbella FC players Real Unión footballers Racing de Ferrol footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen