 Monreal warming up with Arsenal in 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ignacio Monreal Eraso[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1986[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Pamplona | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Osasuna B | 36 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | Osasuna | 127 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Málaga | 45 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Arsenal | 187 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Real Sociedad | 55 | (3) | |||||||||||
| Total | 450 | (17) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Spain U19 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Spain U21 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2018 | Spain | 22 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Ignacio "Nacho" Monreal Eraso (Spanish pronunciation: [iɣˈnaθjo monreˈal eˈɾaso] or pronounced [ˈnatʃo monreˈal]; born 26 February 1986) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back or centre-back.
He started playing with Osasuna in 2005, going on to appear in 144 official games over the course of five La Liga seasons.[4] In 2011 he signed with Málaga and, two years later, joined Arsenal, winning three FA Cup trophies with the latter club while taking part in 251 matches in all competitions.[5] He ended his career in 2022 with Real Sociedad, winning the 2019–20 Copa del Rey.
A full international from 2009 to 2018, Monreal represented Spain at the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup.
- ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 27 de enero de 2013, en Palma de Mallorca" [Minutes of the match held on 27 January 2013, in Palma de Mallorca] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Nacho Monreal: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Nacho Monreal Eraso". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "El navarro Nacho Monreal ya está en San Sebastián para jugar con la Real Sociedad hasta el año 2021" [Navarre's own Nacho Monreal is already in San Sebastián to play with Real Sociedad until the year 2021]. El Español (in Spanish). 1 September 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "Monreal leaves Arsenal for Real Sociedad". Business Standard. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2022.