Ignacio Lores
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ignacio Lores Varela[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo,[1] Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Taranto | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Defensor Sporting | 10 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Palermo | 12 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Botev Vratsa (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2013 | → CSKA Sofia (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Bari (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Vicenza (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Varese (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Pisa | 53 | (8) |
| 2017–2018 | Ascoli | 35 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Peñarol | 31 | (4) |
| 2020 | Wanderers | 10 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Nacional | 17 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Siena | 17 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | Cittadella | 44 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Avellino | 18 | (0) |
| 2024– | Taranto | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Uruguay U20 | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2024 | |||
Ignacio Lores Varela (born 26 April 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie C Group C club Taranto. He is a former Uruguay U20 international. Lores also holds Spanish passport.[2]
Career
[edit]Lores started his football career with Defensor Sporting, making his debut in the Uruguayan Primera División during the 2009–10 season. He made a total of 10 league appearances with the Montevideo-based club.
Palermo
[edit]On 9 July 2011, Lores signed with Italian side Palermo on a five-year deal for a fee of €2.8 million.[3][4] He was given the number 26 jersey. Lores made his Serie A debut in a 3–1 home win against Bologna on 5 November, coming on as a first-half substitute, replacing the injured Abel Hernández early in the first half.[5] Ignacio started his first Serie A match for Palermo in a 0–0 draw against Parma at the Stadio Ennio Tardini on 4 December.
Loans to Botev Vratsa and CSKA Sofia
[edit]On 29 August 2012 he moved on loan to Bulgarian A PFG team Botev Vratsa. After 8 appearances, On 1 February 2013, Lores was loaned out to another A PFG club CSKA Sofia for one-and-a-half year.[6] On 31 March, in a 3–0 home victory over Minyor Pernik, Lores assisted Martin Kamburov for the first goal in a game and later netted his first goal, scoring CSKA's second.[7] He finished the season with 20 appearances and one goal in the league, scored in the 19th day, and two appearances in the domestic cup.
Return to Palermo and Serie B loans
[edit]He returned to Palermo for the 2013–14 season, and played his first game of the season on 11 August 2013 on the occasion of the match in the second round of the Italian Cup won 2–1 on Cremonese.
However, in the January 2014 he moved on loan to Serie B side Bari, making eight appearances in total. On 12 September 2014, he was sent out on loan to another Serie B club, Vicenza, for the full 2014–15 season.[8][9]
He then signed for Pisa, winning a promotion to Serie B from Lega Pro under coach Gennaro Ivan Gattuso. He left Pisa after two seasons to join another Serie B club, Ascoli, in July 2017.
Peñarol
[edit]In July 2018, he returned to Uruguay, signing with Peñarol.[10]
Nacional
[edit]After playing the Torneo Apertura with Montevideo Wanderers F.C., he signed with Club Nacional de Football until the end of the season 2020-2021.[11]
Siena
[edit]His contract with Siena was terminated by mutual consent on 25 January 2022.[12]
Cittadella
[edit]On 25 January 2022, he joined Serie B club Cittadella.[13]
Taranto
[edit]On 29 August 2024, Lores signed a two-season contract with Taranto.[14]
International career
[edit]He has been capped by the Uruguay national under-20 football team at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
In May 2011 he won the Suwon Cup with Uruguay's National Under-20, playing all three games and scoring one goal – the first in the National – in the second game against Nigeria ended 2–2
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Ignacio Lores at Soccerway
- ^ "Il Palermo gioca d'anticipo ed ecco Ignacio Lores Varela". la Repubblica (in Italian). 9 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Official: Palermo sign Lores". football-italia.net. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ "Football transfers 2011: details of all the big moves in Europe". worldsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Palermo 3–1 Bologna". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Варела подписа с ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 1 February 2013.
- ^ "CSKA 3–0 Minyor" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 31 March 2013.
- ^ "LORES IN PRESTITO AL VICENZA" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Ignacio Lores Varela in biancorosso" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Peñarol: Ignacio Lores, proveniente del Ascoli de Italia, es la segunda alta" (in Spanish). Futbol Uy. 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Nacional confirmara la llegada de Ignacio Lores" (in Spanish). The World News. 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Risoluzione con Nacho Varela" (in Italian). Siena. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "IGNACIO LORES VARELA" (in Italian). Cittadella. 25 January 2022.
- ^ "IGNACIO LORES VARELA È UFFICIALMENTE ROSSOBLU" [IGNACIO LORES VARELA IS OFFICIALLY RED AND BLUE] (in Italian). Taranto. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
External links
[edit]Ignacio Lores at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Living people
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Defensor Sporting players
- Palermo FC players
- POFC Botev Vratsa players
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- SSC Bari players
- LR Vicenza players
- SSD Varese Calcio players
- Pisa SC players
- Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
- Peñarol players
- Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Siena FC SSD players
- AS Cittadella players
- US Avellino 1912 players
- Taranto FC 1927 players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria