Nacho Cases

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cases and the second or maternal family name is Mora.

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

Nacho Cases

Cases warming up for Sporting Gijón in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Ignacio Cases Mora
Date of birth	(1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Gijón, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Youth career
1993–1994	Codema
1994–2006	Sporting Gijón
2004–2005	→ Revillagigedo (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2011	Sporting Gijón B	134	(21)
2011–2017	Sporting Gijón	177	(9)
2017–2021	AEK Larnaca	56	(3)
2020	→ Volos (loan)	6	(0)
2021	Sūduva	25	(0)
2022	Anagennisi	13	(0)
2022–2023	Ermis	26	(2)
Total		437	(35)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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.^[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]

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.^[7] Shortly after, he joined a host of compatriots at Cyprus' AEK Larnaca FC.^[8]

Career statistics

As of match played on 4 January 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting Gijón B	2006–07[9]	Tercera División	33	6	—		2[a]	0	35	6
	2007–08[9]		30	10	—		4[a]	1	34	11
	2008–09[9]	Segunda División B	33	1	—		2[b]	0	35	1
	2009–10[9]		20	1	—		—		20	1
	2010–11[9]		18	3	—		—		18	3
	Total		134	21	—		8	1	142	22
Sporting Gijón	2010–11[9]	La Liga	18	1	0	0	—		18	1
	2011–12[9]		21	0	1	0	—		22	0
	2012–13[9]	Segunda División	33	2	1	1	—		34	3
	2013–14[9]		27	2	0	0	1[c]	0	28	2
	2014–15[9]		33	2	0	0	—		33	2
	2015–16[9]	La Liga	24	1	1	0	—		25	1
	2016–17[9]		21	1	2	0	—		23	1
	Total		177	9	5	1	1	0	183	10
AEK Larnaca	2017–18[10]	Cypriot First Division	25	0	6	1	0	0	31	1
	2018–19[10]		17	1	2	0	8[d]	0	27	1
	2019–20[10]		14	2	0	0	6[d]	0	20	2
	Total		56	3	8	1	14	0	78	4
Career total			367	33	13	2	23	1	403	36

1. Appearances in Tercera División promotion play-offs
2. Appearances in Segunda División B relegation play-offs
3. Appearance in La Liga play-offs
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

AEK Larnaca

• Cypriot Cup: 2017–18^[11]
• Cypriot Super Cup: 2018^[10]