Pablo Íñiguez

Spanish footballer
Pablo Íñiguez
Íñiguez with Girona in 2015
Personal information
Full name Pablo Íñiguez de Heredia Larraz
Date of birth (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Burgos, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Villarreal B
Number 19
Youth career
El Palmar
2003–2011 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Villarreal C 18 (1)
2012–2016 Villarreal B 66 (1)
2012–2017 Villarreal 10 (0)
2014–2015 → Girona (loan) 16 (0)
2016–2017 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2019 Reus 13 (0)
2018–2019 → Hércules (loan) 33 (3)
2019–2021 Hércules 25 (0)
2021 Levante B 16 (0)
2021– Villarreal B 53 (2)
International career
2011 Spain U17 4 (1)
2013 Spain U19 7 (0)
2012–2013 Spain U20 5 (1)
2014 Spain U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:50, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Pablo Íñiguez de Heredia Larraz (born 20 January 1994), known as Íñiguez, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Villarreal CF B mainly as a central defender but also as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Burgos, Íñiguez joined Villarreal CF's academy in 2003, aged only nine.[1] He was selected by the first team for a La Liga match against Real Betis on 19 November 2011, but did not leave the bench;[2] he met the same fate against FC Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League.

On 14 January 2012, one week before his 18th birthday, Íñiguez made his professional debut, appearing for the reserves against FC Cartagena in the Segunda División.[3] He played his first competitive game with the main squad on 2 December, starting in a 1–0 away loss to Elche CF in the same league.[4]

Iñiguez signed a new five-year contract with the Yellow Submarine, recently promoted to the top flight, on 27 August 2013.[5] His debut in the competition was made on 19 August, when he featured the entire 3–2 away win over UD Almería.[6] On 21 August of the following year, he moved to second division club Girona FC in a season-long loan.[7]

On 5 July 2016, Íñiguez was loaned to Rayo Vallecano for one season.[8] On 11 July of the following year, he joined fellow second-tier side CF Reus Deportiu permanently, with Villarreal holding a buy-back clause.[9]

Íñiguez agreed to a two-year deal at Hércules CF on 10 July 2019, after a loan spell.[10]

International career

Íñiguez represented Spain at under-17, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. He won his only cap for the latter on 12 November 2014, when he played 85 minutes in the 1–4 friendly loss to Belgium in Ferrol.[11]

Personal life

Íñiguez's father, Roberto, was a basketball player who competed in the Liga ACB. He later became a manager.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ El secreto del dorsal número 53 del Villarreal (Villarreal no. 53's secret); El Periódico Mediterráneo, 21 November 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Valero wins it for Villarreal Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN FC, 19 November 2011
  3. ^ Un punto insuficiente para salir de problemas (Insufficient point to leave problems behind); Marca, 14 January 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ El Elche se confirma como el 'gallito' de la categoría (Elche the confirmed category's 'underdog'); Marca, 2 December 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Renueva a Jaume Costa, Pablo Iñíguez y Moi Gómez (Jaume Costa, Pablo Iñíguez and Moi Gómez get renewed); Diario AS, 27 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "2–3. El Almería juega mejor, pero el partido lo gana el Villarreal UD [sic]" [2–3. Almería play better, but match is won by Villarreal CF] (in Spanish). La Información. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. ^ Pablo Íñiguez, cedido al Girona FC (Pablo Íñiguez, loaned to Girona FC) Archived 21 August 2014 at archive.today; Villarreal CF, 21 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Pablo Íñiguez jugará cedido en el Rayo Vallecano (Pablo Íñiguez will play on loan at Rayo Vallecano) Archived 7 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Villarreal CF, 5 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Pablo Íñiguez, nou jugador del CF Reus (Pablo Íñiguez, new player of CF Reus) Archived 2 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Reus Deportiu, 11 July 2017 (in Catalan)
  10. ^ "El Hércules ficha a Pablo Íñiguez por dos temporadas" [Hércules sign Pablo Íñiguez for two seasons] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  11. ^ Cudeiro, Juan Luis (12 November 2014). "Tsunami belga a la nueva ola española" [Belgian tsunami to the new Spanish wave] (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  12. ^ Baloncesto.– El Valencia Basket define la estructura de su cantera para la temporada 09–10 (Basketball.– Valencia Basket outline youth system structure for 09–10 season); El Economista, 31 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Roberto Íñiguez, nuevo entrenador del Ciudad Ros Casares: "Me gustan los retos" (Roberto Íñiguez, new Ciudad Ros Casares manager: "I like challenges"); Europa Press, 15 December 2011 (in Spanish)

External links

  • Villarreal official profile (in Spanish)
  • Pablo Íñiguez at BDFutbol
  • Pablo Íñiguez at Futbolme (in Spanish)
  • Pablo Íñiguez at Soccerway
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