Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iñigo Pérez Soto | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Numancia | ||
Number | 6 | ||
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– | Numancia | 80 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2016. |
Iñigo Pérez Soto (born 18 January 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Numancia as a central midfielder.
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 appeared for 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); two days later he first appeared in La Liga, replacing veteran Pablo Orbaiz in a 1–0 home win against Atlético Madrid.
Definitely promoted to Athletic's first team for the 2010–11 season, Pérez scored in his first official appearance, a 3–0 home win over RCD Mallorca, playing the last ten minutes in the place of Iker Muniain. On 8 March 2011 he was loaned to SD Huesca in 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.