Ignacio Camacho

Ignacio Camacho Barnola (Spanish pronunciation: [iɣˈnaθjo kaˈmatʃo]; born 4 May 1990) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

An academy graduate at Atletico Madrid, he made his senior debut at the age of 17. He spent the next three years at the club, making 50 appearances and winning Europa League and UEFA Super Cup titles. In 2011 he signed for Malaga, where he spent six and a half years and played competitive 199 matches before joining Wolfsburg.

A full Spain international since 2014, Camacho previously earned 51 caps across the various youth levels for his nation, and was part of the sides which won the 2007 European Under-17 and 2013 European Under-21 Championships.

Club Career

Atletico Madrid

Camacho was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. Initially starting out at hometown club Real Zaragoza, he was spotted by Atletico Madrid, and was signed to its youth academy. He made his first-team debut on 1 March 2008, starting, playing 68 minutes and being booked as the Colchoneros won 4–2 at home over FC Barcelona; he had just signed his first professional contract two months earlier.

On 3 May 2008, one day shy of his 18th birthday, Camacho scored his first La Liga goal, netting twice in another home victory, this time 3–0 against Recreativo de Huelva. After some excellent performances in his first season, he would however spend the following campaign restricted to Copa del Rey matches (he did not make the league's squad of 18 in most of the games), with coach Javier Aguirre preferring Portuguese Maniche and new signing Ever Banega; this situation would slightly improve in late February 2009 as new coach Abel Resino had a run-in with Maniche, leaving him out of the squad for the remainder of the season.

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