Nacho Monreal
Monreal warming up with Arsenal in 2015
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| Full name | Ignacio Monreal Eraso | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1986 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||
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Current team
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Arsenal | ||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||
| 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– | Arsenal | 125 | (1) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Spain U19 | 4 | (0) | ||||||
| 2007–2009 | Spain U21 | 9 | (0) | ||||||
| 2009– | Spain | 18 | (1) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 5 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 13 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Ignacio "Nacho" Monreal Eraso (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnatʃo monreˈal eˈɾaso]; born 26 February 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for English club Arsenal as a left back.
He started playing with Osasuna in 2005, going on to appear in 144 official games over the course of five La Liga seasons. In 2011, he signed with Málaga and, two years later, joined Arsenal.
A full international since 2009, Monreal represented Spain at the 2013 Confederations Cup.
A product of CA Osasuna's youth ranks, Monreal was born in Pamplona, and made his official debut for his hometown club in an away game against Valencia CF on 22 October 2006, in a 0–1 La Liga loss. He finished his first season with ten league appearances, adding two in the campaign's UEFA Champions League; after the Navarrese's relegation to the UEFA Cup, he appeared in four matches as the team reached the last four, being eliminated by fellow league side Sevilla FC.
Monreal became first-choice in 2007–08, retaining that status in the subsequent seasons, with another youth product, César Azpilicueta, being the undisputed starter in the other defensive wing.
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