Nacho Monsalve

Ignacio "Nacho" Monsalve Vicente (born 27 April 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Dutch club NAC Breda as a centre back.[1][2]

Nacho Monsalve
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Monsalve Vicente
Date of birth (1994-04-27) 27 April 1994
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 NAC Breda
Number 4
Youth career
2006–2013 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Atlético Madrid C 22 (2)
2014–2016 Atlético Madrid B 49 (5)
2016 Atlético Madrid 1 (0)
2016–2017 Deportivo B 33 (2)
2017–2018 Rayo Vallecano 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Recreativo (loan) 17 (0)
2018–2019 Twente 23 (3)
2019– NAC Breda 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2020
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Monsalve and the second or maternal family name is Vicente.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Monsalve joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 2006, aged 12.[3] He made his debut as a senior with the C-team in the 2013–14 campaign, in Tercera División.

Monsalve was promoted to the reserves in June 2014, also making the pre-season with the first team. In March 2016, after the injuries of Diego Godín, José Giménez and Stefan Savić, he was promoted to the main squad.[4]

On 2 April 2016, Monsalve made his professional debut, starting in a 5–1 La Liga home routing over Real Betis.[5] On 19 July he moved to another reserve team, Deportivo de La Coruña B also in the fourth level.[6]

On 24 August 2017, Monsalve signed for Segunda División side Rayo Vallecano, being immediately loaned to Recreativo de Huelva in Segunda División B for one year.[7]

On 3 August 2018, Monsalve moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for FC Twente in the Eerste Divisie.[8]

gollark: Because of the existence of *voltage*, it's not good.
gollark: It's the difference between newtonmetres and newton/metres.
gollark: Not *per* hour.
gollark: Milliampere-hours.
gollark: No, worse.

References
  1. Nacho Monsalve at WorldFootball.net
  2. "NAC versterkt zich met verdediger Nacho Monsalve". www.nac.nl. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. "La cantera del campeón, en la pretemporada" [The champion's cantera, in the pre-season] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. "Nacho Monsalve, preparado ante las bajas del primer equipo" [Nacho Monsalve, ready over the injuries of the first team] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  5. "Torres y Monsalves" [Torres and Monsalves] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  6. "Nacho Monsalve refuerza la zaga del Fabril" [Nacho Monsalve bolsters the defence of Fabril] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. "El Rayo ficha a Nacho Monsalve y lo cede al Recreativo" [Rayo sign Nacho Monsalve and loan him to Recreativo] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  8. "Nacho Monsalve tekent bij FC Twente: 'Een grote club, ook in Spanje'" (in Dutch). Tubantia. 3 August 2018.
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