Ignacio Lago

Not to be confused with Ignacio Lugo.

Ignacio Lago
Personal information
Full name Manuel Ignacio Lago
Date of birth (2002-08-05) 5 August 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Isidro Casanova, Argentina[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Left winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Colón
(on loan from Talleres)
Youth career
Almirante Brown
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Almirante Brown 31 (3)
2020– Talleres 9 (0)
2021 → Tlaxcala (loan) 16 (5)
2022 → San Martín SJ (loan) 16 (4)
2023 → Atlético de Rafaela (loan) 33 (5)
2024– → Colón (loan) 26 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2024

Manuel Ignacio Lago (born 5 August 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Colón on loan from Talleres de Córdoba.[3]

Career

Lago is a product of Almirante Brown's youth system.[4] He made the move into senior football at the age of fifteen, featuring off the substitutes four times in the 2017–18 season.[3][5] His debut arrived on 10 February 2018 versus Atlanta, as he was substituted in on eighty-four minutes to become Almirante Brown's youngest ever debutant in competitive football; aged fifteen years, six months and five days to surpass Jonathan Casasola's record as a sixteen-year-old from 2009.[1] In his sixth appearance, on 17 March 2019, Lago scored his first senior goal in a victory over Colegiales.[3][6][7] Overall, he scored three goals in thirty-one games for them.[3]

On 11 September 2020, Lago completed a transfer to Primera División side Talleres.[3][8]

Career statistics

As of 14 September 2020.[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Almirante Brown 2017–18 Primera B Metropolitana 4 0 0 0 — — 0 0 4 0
2018–19 7 1 0 0 — — 0 0 7 1
2019–20 20 2 0 0 — — 0 0 20 2
Total 31 3 0 0 — — 0 0 31 3
Talleres 2020–21 Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 31 3 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 31 3

References

  1. ^ a b "El histórico debut de Ignacio Lago: "Sentí una emoción terrible"". El1Digital. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ Ignacio Lago at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b c d e f García, Hugo (14 July 2021). "Cristian Ojeda e Ignacio Lago llegaron a Tlaxcala desde Talleres; qué dice el DT alterno y exBelgrano Sebastián Lencina". lavoz.com.ar. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "El talento de 15 años que debutó en la Reserva". El1Digital. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de MANUEL LAGO". BDFA. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. ^ "El pibe de Almirante". Solo Ascenso. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Ignacio Lago: "Siempre soñé con esto"". El1Digital. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Ignacio Lago, nuevo refuerzo de Talleres". Talleres. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.