Nacho Monsalve

Ignacio "Nacho" Monsalve Vicente (born 27 April 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Polish club LKS Lodz.

Club Career

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

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 Godin, Jose Gimenez and Stefan Savic, he was promoted to the main squad.

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

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

On 3 August 2018, Monsalve moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for FC Twente in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. After one season with the Tukkers, he signed with NAC Breda from the same country.

On 27 January 2021, Monsalve switched teams and countries again, joining Levski Sofia in Bulgaria.

On 22 June 2021, he completed his move to Polish I liga club LKS Lodz, signing the 3-year contract.

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