Nacho leaves Valladolid after five seasons

the left side nacho martinezwhich arrived in July 2017 at Real Valladolidwhere he has experienced two promotions and has been captain, will not continue in the team next season, as reported by the Valladolid club on Tuesday.

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Nacho33, was the first signing of the then sports director, Miguel Angel Gomezwho went so far as to state that he intended to count on him for the coaching staff when he retired as a player, as he was a “great student” of football.

First ascent with Sergio

His beginnings in Real Valladolid They were not easy, but after a season with ups and downs, he became the starting player after the arrival on the bench of Sergio Gonzálezin a decisive final stretch of the 2017/18 season, and in which he achieved his first promotion.

Nacho started wearing the captain’s armband this last season 2021/22, after starting the goalkeeper Jordi Masip as a substitute, and has defended the blanquivioleta during the aforementioned five campaigns, in which he played a total of 141 official matches.

Of all of them, 81 games correspond to the First Division, 52 to the Second Division, four to the Copa del Rey and as many others in the playoffs of the 2017/2018 campaign.

Three goals in 35 games

Paradoxically, Jose Ignacio Martinez Garcia (Madrid, 03-07-1989) has completed a good last season, in which he has played a total of 35 games – his second highest record as a professional – and scored two of his three goals as a blanquivioleta.

His departure comes after a final stretch of the course in which he contributed one of the goals, from a penalty, in the important victory of the Real Valladolid in Eibar (0-2).