Nacho (Footballer) Biography, Age, Family, Wife, Real Madrid and Transfers
He arrived in Real Madrid’s youth system at the age of 11 and made his senior debut in 2008–09, playing two games with the reserves in Segunda División B and subsequently appearing in a further two full seasons in that level.
His first-team – and La Liga – debut was on 23rd April 2011, starting as a left back in a 6–3 away win against Valencia CF and playing in the entire match. On 2 September 2012, main squad manager José Mourinho announced that Nacho, along with Álvaro Morata and Jesús, would be promoted to the first team but continue to play with Castilla. He became an official full-time member at the start of 2013–14, receiving the number 18 shirt after the departure of Raúl Albiol.
He signed a new contract with Real Madrid to keep him with the club until 2021, on 3rd July 2014. He scored his first official goal for them on 10 January of the following year, closing the score in a 3–0 home victory against RCD Espanyol.
He made his 100th appearance for Real Madrid in a 3-1 away win against CA Osasuna on 11th February 2017. Benefitting from injuries and suspensions to teammates, he was the most utilized player in the centre-back position as the club won its first national championship in five years; he added four matches in the Champions League, again conquered by his team.
The Spanish scored his first career brace on 21 January 2018, in a 7–1 defeat of Deportivo de La Coruña. During that year’s Champions League he made eight appearances while scoring one goal, when Madrid won their third consecutive and 13th overall title in the tournament; in the decisive match against Liverpool, he featured at right-back after replacing the injured Dani Carvajal late into the first half of an eventual 3–1 win in Kiev.
