Nacho (footballer, born 1967)

For Another Spanish footballers with the same nickname, see Nacho (disambiguation).

Nacho

Personal information
Full name	José Ignacio Fernández Palacios
Date of birth	(1967-02-03) 3 February 1967
Place of birth	Foz, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Órdenes (coach)
Youth career
1984–1986	Gran Peña
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1992	Celta	127	(1)
1992–2001	Compostela	199	(4)
Total		326	(5)
International career
2005	Galicia	1	(0)
Managerial career
2010–2011	Cerceda
2011–	Órdenes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Ignacio Fernández Palacios (born 3 February 1967), known as Nacho, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back.

His entire professional career was associated to Celta and Compostela. He appeared in 198 La Liga games over the course of eight seasons, scoring four goals.

Football career

Born in Foz, Province of Lugo, Nacho played his entire career in his native Galicia. He signed in 1986 with Celta de Vigo from amateurs Gran Peña FC, making his first-team debuts in Segunda División and contributing with 20 games (15 starts) as the club promoted to La Liga.

Nacho played his first match in the top level on 6 September 1987, featuring ten minutes in a 3–3 home draw against Valencia CF and finishing the season with 18 appearances in an eventual seventh-place finish. He continued to be regularly used in the following years, being relegated in 1990 but gaining promotion in 1992, even though he was only a fringe player in the latter campaign.

In the 1992 off-season Nacho joined SD Compostela in the second level, playing 20 matches in his second year as the club promoted for the first time in its history to the top flight. From 1995 to 1998 he appeared in average of 35 league contests, with the team being relegated at the end of the 1997–98 season.

Nacho spent three more seasons with Compostela, playing only 23 games combined and suffering relegation in 2001, although he made no appearances in his last year. He retired in June 2001, at the age of 34.

In a 1995 interview to El País, Nacho stated he had no desire to be selected to play for the Spanish national team, saying he did not "relate" to the cause. In 2005 he finally represented Galicia, appearing against Uruguay at the Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro.

External links

• Nacho profile at BDFutbol
• Celta de Vigo biography (Spanish)
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)