Iván Iglesias

Personal information
Full name	Iván Iglesias Corteguera
Date of birth	16 December 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Gijón, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1990	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1992	Sporting Gijón B
1991–1993	Sporting Gijón
1993–1996	Barcelona
1995–1996	→ Sporting Gijón (loan)
1996–2000	Oviedo
2000–2002	Rayo Vallecano
2002–2003	Cartagonova
2003–2004	Oviedo ACF
Total
International career
1991	Spain U21
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Iván Iglesias Corteguera (born 16 December 1971) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Iglesias started playing professionally with local Sporting de Gijón.^[1] After just two seasons – and only appearing regularly in 1992–93 – he was signed by La Liga club FC Barcelona in summer 1993, after agreeing to a five-year contract.^[2]

Never an undisputed starter at the Camp Nou, Iglesias did make 71 competitive appearances in his two-year spell.^[3] On 8 January 1994, he closed the scoring for Johan Cruyff's side against Real Madrid in a 5–0 home rout;^[4] Barcelona eventually clinched the league title.^[5]

Shortly after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury, Iglesias returned to Sporting for the 1995–96 campaign (on loan), after which he switched to neighbouring Real Oviedo where he would stay for four years, always in the top flight. He retired in June 2002 aged 30 while at Rayo Vallecano in the same league, totalling 230 games and 21 goals over 11 seasons.^[6]

Iglesias later opened a football school with his former Sporting teammate Juanele.^[7]

Honours

Barcelona

La Liga: 1993–94^[5]
Supercopa de España: 1994^[8]
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1993–94

References

^ Batalla, Pablo (4 March 2025). "Iván Iglesias: «Cuando fiché por el Oviedo, siempre había alguien que me insultaba, yo tragaba saliva y miraba para otro lado»" [Iván Iglesias: "When I signed for Oviedo, there was always someone insulting me, I got my shit together and looked the other way"] (in Spanish). Jot Down. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
^ Miserachs, Jaume (11 July 1993). "Iván, con todas las de la ley" [Iván, as it should]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ Salinas, David (30 December 2018). "Iván Iglesias: "Trabajar con Cruyff fue un master continuo"" [Iván Iglesias: "Working with Cruyff was a neverending clinic"]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2025.
^ Astruells, Andrés (9 January 1994). "El Barça se apunta otro 5–0 histórico" [Barça clinch another historic 5–0]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b Perearnau, Francesc (15 May 1994). "Apoteosis en la cuarta" [Exhilaration in fourth]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ Domingo Carruébano, Estefanía (31 December 2018). "Ex Sporting: ¿Qué fue de Iván Iglesias?" [Ex Sporting: What happened to Iván Iglesias?]. La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2025.
^ Casado, Edu (7 August 2009). "Qué fue de… Iván Iglesias" [What happened to… Iván Iglesias]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente; Di Maggio, Roberto; Torre, Raúl; Lozano Ferrer, Carles. "Spain – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

External links

Iván Iglesias at BDFutbol

[1] Batalla, Pablo (4 March 2025). "Iván Iglesias: «Cuando fiché por el Oviedo, siempre había alguien que me insultaba, yo tragaba saliva y miraba para otro lado»" [Iván Iglesias: "When I signed for Oviedo, there was always someone insulting me, I got my shit together and looked the other way"] (in Spanish). Jot Down. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

[2] Miserachs, Jaume (11 July 1993). "Iván, con todas las de la ley" [Iván, as it should]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[3] Salinas, David (30 December 2018). "Iván Iglesias: "Trabajar con Cruyff fue un master continuo"" [Iván Iglesias: "Working with Cruyff was a neverending clinic"]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2025.

[4] Astruells, Andrés (9 January 1994). "El Barça se apunta otro 5–0 histórico" [Barça clinch another historic 5–0]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[MD-5] Perearnau, Francesc (15 May 1994). "Apoteosis en la cuarta" [Exhilaration in fourth]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[6] Domingo Carruébano, Estefanía (31 December 2018). "Ex Sporting: ¿Qué fue de Iván Iglesias?" [Ex Sporting: What happened to Iván Iglesias?]. La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2025.

[7] Casado, Edu (7 August 2009). "Qué fue de… Iván Iglesias" [What happened to… Iván Iglesias]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[8] Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente; Di Maggio, Roberto; Torre, Raúl; Lozano Ferrer, Carles. "Spain – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

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