Nacho Conte

Nacho Conte
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Conte Crespo[1]
Date of birth (1969-02-21) 21 February 1969 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Betis B 59 (9)
1989–1993 Sevilla 114 (18)
1993–1997 Tenerife 88 (7)
1997–1998 Racing Santander 27 (0)
1998–2000 Hércules 47 (8)
2004–2005 Laguna 17 (1)
Total 352 (43)
International career
1984–1985 Spain U16 9 (4)
1990 Spain U21 2 (0)
1991 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ignacio 'Nacho' Conte Crespo (born 21 February 1969) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

He achieved La Liga totals of 229 games and 25 goals over nine seasons, with Sevilla, Tenerife and Racing de Santander. He won one cap for Spain.

Club career

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Sevilla

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Conte was born in Zaragoza, Aragon.[2] He started out in Real Betis's academy, but local rivals Sevilla FC signed him in 1989 after the former's reserves suffered relegation from Segunda División B.[3][2]

Conte made his La Liga debut for the club in the 1989–90 season, under manager Vicente Cantatore.[4][2] He scored his first competitive goal on 20 September in a 4–1 home win against RCD Español in the Copa del Rey,[5] adding six in the league to help his team to finish sixth and qualify for the UEFA Cup.[6][7]

Tenerife

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In summer 1993, Conte joined CD Tenerife.[8][9] He was part of the squad that participated in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup – a first-ever for the Canarians – helping in their third-round run.[10][11]

A starter in his first two years at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Conte was much less played after the arrival of new coach Jupp Heynckes.[12][13]

Later career

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Conte retired from professional football aged 31, after one season with Racing de Santander (top flight)[14] and two with Hércules CF (both Segunda División and third tier).[15][16]

International career

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Conte represented Spain at under-21 and full level.[7] His only match for the latter was on 13 November 1991, when he came on as a 60th-minute substitute for Gabriel Moya in a meaningless 2–1 victory over Czechoslovakia for the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifiers.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nacho Conte at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c Montes de Oca, Fran (19 November 2013). "Conte y Carvajal, del eterno rival a Nervión para golear a un Betis colista" [Conte and Carvajal, from eternal rivals to Nervión to thrash bottom-placed Betis]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ Borrego, Álvaro (11 June 2020). "Familias divididas por ElGranDerbi" [Families divided by TheGreatDerby] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Los bonitos recuerdos de Unzué, Prieto y Conte sobre Cantatore" [Unzué, Prieto and Conte's beautiful memories of Cantatore]. Estadio Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. ^ Román, Rogelio (21 September 1989). "El Sevilla, intratable" [Sevilla, just too much to handle]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Los registros goleadores del Sevilla" [Sevilla's scoring records] (in Spanish). Sevillismo en Vena. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b Jiménez, José Antonio (30 December 2019). "Un inolvidable 30 de diciembre de 1989" [Unforgettable 30 December 1989] (in Spanish). Mucho Deporte. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  8. ^ Méndez, José (16 July 1993). "Ofensiva final por Conte" [Final push for Conte]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Gálvez, al Valencia, y Conte, al Tenerife" [Gálvez, to Valencia, and Conte, to Tenerife]. El País (in Spanish). 17 July 1993. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  10. ^ Padilla, Luis (14 October 2018). "Los héroes de Auxerre" [Heroes of Auxerre]. Atlántico Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  11. ^ Martín, Kevin (12 August 2022). "Un Tenerife para la historia" [Tenerife for the ages]. Tiempo de Canarias (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  12. ^ Castañeda, Álvaro (4 January 1997). "Javier Pérez viaja a por Denilson" [Javier Pérez abroad to get Denilson]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  13. ^ Soler, J.; Castañeda, Álvaro (4 May 1997). "Objetivos diferentes para Rayo y Tenerife" [Different goals for Rayo and Tenerife]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  14. ^ Vicario, Ernesto (23 July 1997). "Conte, fichado por tres años" [Conte, signed for three years]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  15. ^ López, Pedro (11 July 1998). "Tevenet, en la órbita alicantina" [Tevenet, targeted by Alicante side]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  16. ^ Moscat, Enrique (6 October 2020). "Del Chorro al Tano, los internacionales del Hércules y su contexto histórico" [From Chorro to Tano, Hércules internationals and their historical context]. Diario Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  17. ^ Román, Rogelio (14 November 1991). "España, de penalty y regalado" [Spain, from a gifted penalty]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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