Place of birth Foz, Spain Role Footballer Current team Ordenes (coach) Height 1.75 m Name José Palacios | 1984–1986 Gran Pena Years Team | |
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Full name Jose Ignacio Fernandez Palacios Date of birth (1967-02-03) 3 February 1967 (age 48) | ||
José Ignacio Fernández Palacios (born 3 February 1967), known as Nacho, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back.
His entire professional career was associated to Celta and Compostela. He appeared in 198 La Liga games over the course of eight seasons, scoring four goals.
Football career
Born in Foz, Province of Lugo, Nacho played his entire career in his native Galicia. He signed in 1986 with Celta de Vigo from amateurs Gran Peña FC, making his first-team debut in Segunda División and contributing with 20 games (15 starts) as the club promoted to La Liga.
Nacho played his first match in the top level on 6 September 1987, featuring ten minutes in a 3–3 home draw against Valencia CF and finishing the season with 18 appearances in an eventual seventh-place finish. He continued to be regularly used in the following years, being relegated in 1990 but gaining promotion in 1992, even though he was only a fringe player in the latter campaign.
In the 1992 off-season, Nacho joined SD Compostela in the second level, playing 20 matches in his second year in a first-ever promotion to the top flight. From 1995 to 1998 he appeared in average of 35 league contests, with the team being relegated at the end of the 1997–98 season.
Nacho spent three more seasons with Compostela, playing only 23 games combined and suffering relegation in 2001, although he made no appearances in his last year. He retired in June 2001, at the age of 34.
In a 1995 interview to El País, Nacho stated he had no desire to be selected to play for the Spain national team, saying he did not "relate" to the cause. In 2005 he finally represented Galicia, appearing against Uruguay at the Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro.