# Nacho Cases

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).

## Career
### Sporting Gijón

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.
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. 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. He finished his first season as a professional with 18 La Liga appearances, in an escape from relegation, having scored his first goal in the top flight on 15 January 2011 in the 2–0 home defeat of Hércules CF.

### AEK Larnaca

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. Shortly after, he joined a host of compatriots at Cyprus' AEK Larnaca FC.

## Career statistics

    As of match played on 4 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sporting Gijón B | 2006–07 | Tercera División | 33 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6 |
| Sporting Gijón B | 2007–08 | Tercera División | 30 | 10 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 34 | 11 |
| Sporting Gijón B | 2008–09 | Segunda División B | 33 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Sporting Gijón B | 2009–10 | Segunda División B | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 1 |
| Sporting Gijón B | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 18 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 3 |
| Sporting Gijón B | Total | Total | 134 | 21 | — | — | 8 | 1 | 142 | 22 |
| Sporting Gijón | 2010–11 | La Liga | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 |
| Sporting Gijón | 2011–12 | La Liga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 |
| Sporting Gijón | 2012–13 | Segunda División | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 3 |
| Sporting Gijón | 2013–14 | Segunda División | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Sporting Gijón | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 |
| Sporting Gijón | 2015–16 | La Liga | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 |
| Sporting Gijón | 2016–17 | La Liga | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 |
| Sporting Gijón | Total | Total | 177 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 10 |
| AEK Larnaca | 2017–18 | Cypriot First Division | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| AEK Larnaca | 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| AEK Larnaca | 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| AEK Larnaca | Total | Total | 56 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 78 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 367 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 403 | 36 |
* 1 2 Appearances in Tercera División promotion play-offs
* ↑ Appearances in Segunda División B relegation play-offs
* ↑ Appearance in La Liga play-offs
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

## Honours

AEK Larnaca
* Cypriot Cup: 2017–18
* Cypriot Super Cup: 2018