This year, Nacho Monreal was named to Spain's UEFA Champions League squad. He has been playing football for twelve years. Repeatedly took part in international competitions and won prestigious awards.
Biography and characteristics of Ignacio
Montreal Nacho is an active football player for the Spanish national team and the English FC Arsenal, occupying the left back position. He was born in the suburbs of Pamplona in a small village called Eskiros. This year, on February 26, the athlete turned 30 years old. The height of the football player is 1 m 79 cm, weight - 78 kg. The full name of the Spanish defender is Ignacio Monreal Erazo.
In his youth, Nacho was a very shy and shy, calm and flexible person, but after starting to play football, some of his character traits changed. Performances in stadiums with a large number of fans helped the guy overcome embarrassment. Gradually, from a timid, taciturn boy, he turned into a real man.
The beginning of a sports career
Nacho Monreal at the age of eighteen got into the youth Spanish club "Osasuna B" fromhometown, which was the reserve team "Osasuna". He stayed with it for two years. At 20, he was invited to the main Osasuna team, which played in the top division of Spain. In autumn 2006, the football player played his first match in the "red" in a battle with the Spanish professional FC "Valencia". Montreal Nacho almost immediately adapted to the style of the new team, he was distinguished by high speed and good defense on the left flank. So, in the 2007/2008 season, the athlete was taken into the starting lineup of the Pamplona club Osasuna. He stayed with the Reds until 2011. Over a four-year period, the defender made 141 appearances and scored 3 goals.
July 1, 2011, Montreal Nacho signed a 5-year contract with Spanish La Liga FC Malaga. The transfer amount was 6 million euros. The athlete in the "Malaga" twice participated in the Spanish Cup, and in the 2012/2013 season he took part in the Champions League.
Transition to the foggy Albion team
On January 31, 2013, the English Arsenal (London) bought a football player for 10 million euros. Nacho Monreal, whose biography has changed dramatically with the transition to this club, moved to the UK, began to master a new style of play and play in the Premier League. As part of the English team, the athlete performs under number 18. With the move to Arsenal, Montreal Nacho became one of the main players. The Spanish athlete scored the first goal against Sounsea City during a friendly match.
Nacho Montréal, a left wing defender, has made four FA Cup appearances with Arsenal and won the trophy for two consecutive seasons (2013/14 and 2014/15). He played for the English team at prestigious international competitions: Champions League, Barclays Asia Trophy, Emirates Cup.
Since 2013, every year Nacho Monreal takes part in the FA Super Cup. He won this trophy twice: in 2014 and 2015.
Eraso's career in the national team
Montreal Nacho in the 2004/05 season was taken to the Spanish junior team. Three years later, the football player was called to the youth team to defend the honor of his native country at the 2009 European Championship. At the international tournament, he played all 3 matches on the field. At the age of 23, Nacho made his debut in the adult Spanish national team as a starter at the international European Championship in Sweden. In the match against Macedonia, he was called in as a substitute at the end of the match, and he spent only a quarter of an hour on the field. Montreal with the Spanish national team became the champion of the FIFA-2009 tournament, which was held in South Africa.
In 2013, the defender took part in the Confederations Cup in Brazil. He played in the starting lineup of the national team and played one game. The football player's team then lost to Brazil with a score of 0:3. In October 2016, Montreal Nacho got into the Spanish national team for the UEFA Champions League through rotation. The current defender of the national team Jordi Alba in a duel with Italy was injured in his left thigh. Therefore, I could not continue the game. Nacho was called in to replace him.
Ignacio Montreal Erazo lives in London with his girlfriend. He really likes the city. He likes to spend his free time with his chosen one: go to restaurants or just walk in the park. At the beginning of the 2013/2014 season, Nacho suffered a leg injury. For some time he had to take a break from training and tournaments. But the young football player quickly recovered and returned to good physical shape.
