Manuel Ignacio Lago (born 5 August 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Colón.
Career Lago is a product of Almirante Brown's youth system. He made the move into senior football at the age of fifteen, featuring off the substitutes four times in the 2017–18 season. His debut arrived on 10 February 2018 versus Atlanta, as he was substituted in on eighty-four minutes to become Almirante Brown's youngest ever debutant in competitive football; aged fifteen years, six months and five days to surpass Jonathan Casasola's record as a sixteen-year-old from 2009. In his sixth appearance, on 17 March 2019, Lago scored his first senior goal in a victory over Colegiales. Overall, he scored three goals in thirty-one games for them.
On 11 September 2020, Lago completed a transfer to Primera División side Talleres.
Personal life In April 2026, Ignacio Lago publicly came out as gay during a television appearance, becoming the first active professional footballer in Argentina to do so.
Career statistics . + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAlmirante Brown2017–18Primera B Metropolitana4000——00402018–197100——00712019–2020200——00202Total31300——00313Talleres2020–21Primera División000000—0000Career total3130000—00313
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