Iñigo Pérez

Iñigo Pérez Soto (born 18 January 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CA Osasuna as a central midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Soto.
Iñigo Pérez
Pérez with Osasuna in 2018
Personal information
Full name Iñigo Pérez Soto
Date of birth (1988-01-18) 18 January 1988
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Osasuna
Number 21
Youth career
2001–2002 Chantrea
2002–2006 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Basconia 38 (8)
2007–2010 Bilbao Athletic 81 (9)
2009–2014 Athletic Bilbao 33 (1)
2011 → Huesca (loan) 13 (0)
2013–2014 → Mallorca (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2018 Numancia 138 (4)
2018– Osasuna 51 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2020

Club career

A product of Athletic Bilbao's youth ranks at Lezama, Pérez was born in Pamplona, Navarre, and moved to the reserves in early 2007 although he still spent some more time with CD Basconia, the farm team. On 28 October 2009, he made his debut for the main squad, starting in a 0–2 Copa del Rey defeat at Rayo Vallecano (2–4 aggregate loss).[1] He first appeared in La Liga two days later, replacing veteran Pablo Orbaiz in a 1–0 home win against Atlético Madrid.[2]

Definitely promoted to Athletic's first team for the 2010–11 season, Pérez scored in his first official appearance, a 3–0 home victory over RCD Mallorca, playing the last ten minutes in the place of Iker Muniain.[3] On 8 March 2011 he was loaned to SD Huesca of Segunda División – the winter transfer window had long since closed, but the Royal Spanish Football Federation allowed the move as the Aragonese had just lost David Bauzá to an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[4]

Pérez appeared much more regularly for the Basques in the 2011–12 campaign under new manager Marcelo Bielsa, playing 40 games all competitions comprised mainly due to the departure of Orbaiz (loaned to Olympiacos FC) and the serious knee injury of Carlos Gurpegui. He spent the first half of 2013–14 on loan at Mallorca, returning on 31 January 2014 due to stress problems.[5]

On 18 July 2014, Pérez joined second division club CD Numancia after terminating his contract with Athletic.[6] On 2 July 2018, he agreed to a four-year deal with fellow league team CA Osasuna, who paid € 750,000 for his services.[7]

Career statistics
As of 2 February 2018[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Athletic Bilbao 2009–10 La Liga 30101[lower-alpha 1]050
2010–11 La Liga 31100041
2011–12 La Liga 220909[lower-alpha 1]0400
2012–13 La Liga 50004[lower-alpha 1]191
2013–14 La Liga 00000000
Total 331110141582
Huesca (loan) 2010–11 Segunda División 1300000130
Mallorca (loan) 2013–14 Segunda División 1300000130
Numancia 2014–15 Segunda División 3502000370
2015–16 Segunda División 2611000271
2016–17 Segunda División 3911000401
2017–18 Segunda División 2123000242
Total 121470001284
Career totals 18051801412126
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

Osasuna

References
  1. El Rayo deja contra las cuerdas al subcampeón (Rayo leave vice-champions against the ropes); Marca, 28 October 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. 1–0. Javi Martínez decide el duelo de deprimidos entre Athletic y Atlético (1–0. Javi Martínez decides duel of the doldrums between Athletic and Atlético); Público, 31 October 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. Lopez luck aids Bilbao; ESPN Soccernet, 21 September 2010
  4. Íñigo Pérez llega al Huesca cedido por el Athletic (Íñigo Pérez arrives at Huesca on loan from Athletic); Marca, 8 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. Iñigo Pérez regresa al Athletic por un "cuadro de estrés" (Iñigo Pérez returns to Athletic for "stress condition"); Diario AS, 31 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. Iñigo Pérez ya es nuevo jugador del Numancia (Iñigo Pérez already is the new player of Numancia); Marca, 18 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. El Club Atlético Osasuna ficha a Iñigo Pérez (Club Atlético Osasuna sign Iñigo Pérez); CA Osasuna, 2 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  8. Iñigo Pérez at Soccerway
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