Nacho Monsalve

Nacho Monsalve
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Monsalve Vicente
Date of birth (1994-04-27) 27 April 1994
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 FC Twente
Youth career
2006–2013 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Atlético Madrid C 22 (2)
2014–2016 Atlético Madrid B 49 (5)
2016 Atlético Madrid 1 (0)
2016–2017 Deportivo B 33 (2)
2017–2018 Rayo Vallecano 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Recreativo (loan) 17 (0)
2018– FC Twente 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2018

Ignacio "Nacho" Monsalve Vicente (born 27 April 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Dutch club FC Twente as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Monsalve joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 2006, aged 12.[1] He made his debut as a senior with the C-team in the 2013–14 campaign, in Tercera División.

Monsalve was promoted to the reserves in June 2014, also making the pre-season with the first team. In March 2016, after the injuries of Diego Godín, José Giménez and Stefan Savić, he was promoted to the main squad.[2]

On 2 April 2016 Monsalve made his professional debut, starting in a 5–1 La Liga home routing over Real Betis.[3] On 19 July he moved to another reserve team, Deportivo de La Coruña B also in the fourth level.[4]

On 24 August 2017, Monsalve signed for Segunda División side Rayo Vallecano, being immediately loaned to Recreativo de Huelva in Segunda División B for one year.[5]

On 3 August 2018, Monsalve moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for FC Twente in the Eerste Divisie.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "La cantera del campeón, en la pretemporada" [The champion's cantera, in the pre-season] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nacho Monsalve, preparado ante las bajas del primer equipo" [Nacho Monsalve, ready over the injuries of the first team] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Torres y Monsalves" [Torres and Monsalves] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Nacho Monsalve refuerza la zaga del Fabril" [Nacho Monsalve bolsters the defence of Fabril] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "El Rayo ficha a Nacho Monsalve y lo cede al Recreativo" [Rayo sign Nacho Monsalve and loan him to Recreativo] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nacho Monsalve tekent bij FC Twente: 'Een grote club, ook in Spanje'" (in Dutch). Tubantia. 3 August 2018.
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