Iago Iglesias Castro (born 23 February 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Club career Iglesias was born in A Coruña, Galicia. Bought by Deportivo de La Coruña from amateurs Atlético Arteixo in 2005, he spent two seasons alternating between the first team and the reserves, without ever establishing himself in the former.Iago Iglesias: «La verdad es que no confiaba tanto en mí como Caparrós» (Iago Iglesias: "The truth is I did not have as much confidence in myself as Caparrós"); La Voz de Galicia, 3 April 2006 (in Spanish) He made his debut in La Liga on 20 October 2005, playing the second half of a 0–1 home loss against CA Osasuna.El Deportivo se estrella contra Osasuna (Deportivo crash against Osasuna); El Mundo, 2 October 2005 (in Spanish) He scored the first of four goals in that competition the following 2 April, closing the 2–0 win over Racing de Santander also at Estadio Riazor.El Dépor vence ante 12.000 fieles (Dépor win in front of 12.000 faithful); Faro de Vigo, 3 April 2006 (in Spanish)Iago Iglesias: “Aquella fue la única falta directa que tiré en Primera División” (Iago Iglesias: "That was the only direct free kick I took in Primera División"); DxT Campeón, 24 October 2023 (in Spanish)
For the 2007–08 campaign, Iglesias was loaned to Segunda División side Elche CF,Iago Iglesias Castro del Depor ficha por el Elche (Depor's Iago Iglesias Castro signs for Elche) ; Join Futbol, 22 August 2007 (in Spanish) being rarely used due to injury.Iago Iglesias: "Jamás perderé la ilusión de volver algún día al Deportivo" (Iago Iglesias: "I will never lose the faith of returning to Deportivo someday"); La Opinión A Coruña, 2 June 2008 (in Spanish) In that summer, he was released by Depor and joined Valencia CF Mestalla.Toledo y Iago Iglesias, nuevos fichajes para el Valencia CF "B" (Toledo and Iago Iglesias, new Valencia CF "B" signings) ; Join Futbol, 3 September 2008 (in Spanish)
After leaving Valencia's reserves, Iglesias kept fit training with his first club Laracha CF, joining another team in the Segunda División B shortly after, Montañeros CF also in his native region.El Montañeros incorpora al ex deportivista Iago Iglesias (Montañeros add former deportivista Iago Iglesias); La Voz de Galicia, 1 September 2009 (in Spanish)
International career Iglesias was called up for a Spain under-21 side match against Denmark in May 2006, only a few months after making his professional debut with Deportivo. He earned the first of his two caps by coming on as a second-half substitute in the 2–0 loss in Brøndby, on the 17th.España cae ante Dinamarca (2–0) en un partido en el que no supo encontrar el camino del gol (Spain fall to Denmark (2–0) in match where goal eluded them); Europa Press, 17 May 2006 (in Spanish)
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