Iván Iglesias Explained

Iván Iglesias
Fullname:Iván Iglesias Corteguera
Birth Date:16 December 1971
Birth Place:Gijón, Spain
Height:1.76 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Sporting Gijón
Years1:1990–1992
Years2:1991–1993
Years3:1993–1995
Years4:1995–1996
Years5:1996–2000
Years6:2000–2002
Years7:2002–2003
Years8:2003–2004
Clubs1:Sporting Gijón B
Clubs2:Sporting Gijón
Clubs3:Barcelona
Clubs4:Sporting Gijón
Clubs5:Oviedo
Clubs6:Rayo Vallecano
Clubs7:Cartagonova
Clubs8:Oviedo ACF
Caps1:55
Caps2:43
Caps3:49
Caps4:18
Caps5:94
Caps6:26
Caps7:20
Totalcaps:305
Goals1:4
Goals2:4
Goals3:5
Goals4:0
Goals5:11
Goals6:1
Goals7:0
Totalgoals:25
Nationalyears1:1991
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Iván Iglesias Corteguera (born 16 December 1971) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Iglesias started playing professionally with local Sporting de Gijón. After only two seasons – and only appearing regularly in the second – he was signed by La Liga club FC Barcelona in summer 1993, after agreeing to a five-year contract.[1]

Never an undisputed starter at the Camp Nou, Iglesias did make 71 competitive appearances in his two-year spell. On 8 January 1994 he closed the scoring for Johan Cruyff's side against Real Madrid, in a 5–0 home rout[2] as Barcelona eventually clinched the league title.[3]

Iglesias then returned to Sporting for another campaign, appearing sparingly, after which he switched to neighbouring Real Oviedo where he would stay four years, always in the top flight. He retired in June 2002 aged 30 while at Rayo Vallecano in the same league, due to injuries, totalling 230 games and 21 goals over 11 seasons.

Iglesias later opened a football school with former Sporting teammate Juanele.[4]

Honours

Barcelona

1993–94

1994

Notes and References

  1. News: Iván, con todas las de la ley. Iván, as it should. Mundo Deportivo. Jaume. Miserachs. Spanish. 11 July 1993. 18 May 2015.
  2. News: El Barça se apunta otro 5–0 histórico. Barça clinch another historical 5–0. Mundo Deportivo. Andrés. Astruells. Spanish. 9 January 1994. 18 May 2015.
  3. News: Apoteosis en la cuarta. Exhilaration in fourth. Mundo Deportivo. Francesc. Perearnau. Spanish. 15 May 1994. 18 May 2015.
  4. News: Qué fue de… Iván Iglesias. What happened to… Iván Iglesias. 20 minutos. Edu. Casado. Spanish. 7 August 2009. 18 May 2015.