| Nacho Cases | |
| Full Name: | Ignacio Cases Mora |
| Birth Date: | 22 December 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Gijón, Spain |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 1993–1994 |
| Youthclubs1: | Codema |
| Youthyears2: | 1994–2006 |
| Youthclubs2: | Sporting Gijón |
| Youthyears3: | 2004–2005 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Revillagigedo (loan) |
| Years1: | 2006–2011 |
| Caps1: | 134 |
| Goals1: | 21 |
| Years2: | 2011–2017 |
| Caps2: | 177 |
| Goals2: | 9 |
| Years3: | 2017–2021 |
| Caps3: | 56 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Volos (loan) |
| Caps4: | 6 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Caps5: | 25 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022 |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps7: | 26 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Totalcaps: | 437 |
| Totalgoals: | 35 |
Ignacio 'Nacho' Cases Mora (born 22 December 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He spent most of his career with Sporting de Gijón, appearing in 183 competitive games over the course of seven seasons (four in La Liga).[1]
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 2006–07 season, with them playing in the Tercera División; although he proved instrumental in helping to achieve promotion one year later, he struggled for a place in the starting line-ups the following years.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] He finished his first season as a professional with 18 La Liga appearances, in an escape from relegation,[5] having scored his first goal in the top flight on 15 January 2011 in the 2–0 home defeat of Hércules CF.[6]
On 22 June 2017, 29-year-old Cases announced he was leaving Sporting Gijón and bring to an end a 23-year association with the same club.[7] Shortly after, he joined a host of compatriots at Cyprus' AEK Larnaca FC.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2006–07 | Tercera División | 33 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6 | |||
| 2007–08 | 30 | 10 | — | 4 | 1 | 34 | 11 | ||||
| 2008–09 | Segunda División B | 33 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
| 2009–10 | 20 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 18 | 3 | — | — | 18 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 134 | 21 | — | 8 | 1 | 142 | 22 | ||||
| 2010–11 | La Liga | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Segunda División | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 34 | 3 | |||
| 2013–14 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| 2015–16 | La Liga | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 177 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 10 | |||
| AEK Larnaca | 2017–18 | Cypriot First Division | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||
| Total | 56 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 78 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 367 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 403 | 36 | |||
AEK Larnaca
2018