Nacho Cases

Ignacio 'Nacho' Cases Mora (born 22 December 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cases and the second or maternal family name is Mora.
Nacho Cases
Cases warming up for Sporting Gijón
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Cases Mora
Date of birth (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1994 Codema
1994–2005 Sporting Gijón
2004–2005 → Revillagigedo (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2011 Sporting Gijón B 71 (5)
2011–2017 Sporting Gijón 177 (10)
2017–2021 AEK Larnaca 56 (3)
2020 → Volos (loan) 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 June 2020

He spent most of his career with Sporting de Gijón, appearing in 183 competitive games over the course of four La Liga seasons (seven in total).

Club career

Sporting

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Cases was a product of Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth academy, Mareo. He made it to the B-team during the 2005–06 season, with them playing in the fourth division. Although he proved instrumental in helping achieve promotion to the third level two years later, he struggled for a place in the starting line-ups in the following years.[1]

A skilled midfielder, it was not until the 2010–11 campaign, at the age of 23 years – and acting as captain with the reserves – that Cases was finally given his chance to make his first-team debut, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Racing de Santander on 9 January 2011.[2] On 2 April, he assisted Miguel de las Cuevas in the 79th minute of a 1–0 win over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, thus ending José Mourinho's nine-year unbeaten home league record.[3] He finished his first season as a professional with 18 La Liga appearances, in an eventual escape from relegation.

AEK Larnaca

On 22 June 2017, 29-year-old Cases announced he was leaving Sporting Gijón and bring to an end a 22-year association with the same club.[4] Shortly after, he joined a host of compatriots at Cyprus' AEK Larnaca FC.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played on 4 January 2020
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting Gijón B 2008–09[6] Segunda División B 331—2[lower-alpha 1]0351
2009–10[6] 201——201
2010–11[6] 183——183
Total 715—20735
Sporting Gijón 2010–11[6] La Liga 18100—181
2011–12[6] 21010—220
2012–13[6] Segunda División 33211—343
2013–14[6] 272001[lower-alpha 2]0282
2014–15[6] 33200—332
2015–16[6] La Liga 24110—251
2015–16[6] 24110—251
2016–17[6] 21120—231
Total 20110611020811
AEK Larnaca 2017–18[7] Cypriot First Division 2506100311
2018–19[7] 171208[lower-alpha 3]0271
2019–20[7] 142006[lower-alpha 3]0202
Total 56381140784
Career total 3041813217023420
  1. Appearances in Relegation Play-offs
  2. Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. El último canterano de su generación (The last youth player of his generation) Archived 10 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine; El Comercio, 7 January 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. 'Nos vamos a salvar', afirma Cases ('We will stay up', says Cases) Archived 13 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine; El Comercio, 10 January 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. Real suffer Sporting shock; Sky Sports, 2 April 2011
  4. "Entrevista a Nacho Cases" [Interview to Nacho Cases] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. "ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕ SPORTING GIJON ΓΙΑ NACHO CASES!" [Agreement with Sporting Gijón for Nacho Cases!] (in Greek). AEK Larnaca. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. "Nacho Cases: Ignacio Cases Mora". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  7. "Nacho Cases". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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