In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aspas and the second or maternal family name is Juncal.
Iago Aspas
Aspas with Celta in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Iago Aspas Juncal[1]
Date of birth
(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth
Moaña, Spain[2]
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)
Striker
Team information
Current team
Celta
Number
10
Youth career
Moaña
Santa Mariña
1995–2006
Celta
2004–2005
→ Rápido Bouzas (loan)
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2006–2009
Celta B
84
(11)
2008–2013
Celta
139
(46)
2013–2015
Liverpool
14
(0)
2014–2015
→ Sevilla (loan)
16
(2)
2015–
Celta
304
(141)
International career‡
2016–
Spain
20
(6)
2016
Galicia
1
(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:48, 12 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:46, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Iago Aspas Juncal (Galician pronunciation:[iˈaɣʊˈaspɐs]; born 1 August 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Celta, which he captains, and the Spain national team.
He has spent most of his career with Celta, appearing in 457 official games across 14 seasons and scoring 196 goals.[4] He made his La Liga debut with the club in 2012 and moved to Liverpool the following year, returning to Celta in 2015 after a loan at Sevilla.
Aspas first appeared with the Spain senior team in 2016. He represented the country at the 2018 World Cup.
^"Barclays Premier League squad numbers 2013/14". Premier League. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
^ ab"Iago Aspas". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^"Iago Aspas". Celta Vigo. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Paniagua, Raúl (8 January 2013). "Iago Aspas, la perla del Celta" [Iago Aspas, Celta's gem]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2013.
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On 1 February 2015, he was sent off against Sevilla FC for handling IagoAspas' shot outside of the penalty area, and his replacement Pau López could...
Liga – debut for them on 16 February 2013, coming on as a substitute for IagoAspas in the 66th minute of a 3–1 away defeat against Getafe CF. He scored his...
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champions FC Barcelona five minutes after entering as a replacement for IagoAspas. On 27 January 2016, Guidetti scored with a 25-metre volley in a 3–2 win...
league tally to five after scoring once and providing two assists for IagoAspas in a 4–1 home defeat of former club Barcelona. He totalled three goals...
Villarreal while youth team player Brais Méndez filled in for the suspended IagoAspas. "Emre has to understand that technical skill is not enough to earn him...
Akinfeev, who saved two penalties including a foot-save to deny Spain's IagoAspas, was voted as Budweiser Man of the Match. The win against Spain sent supporters...
right to save a shot from Andrés Iniesta, the goalkeeper then denied IagoAspas on the rebound. Piqué and Ramos both appeared to be held from a set-piece...
Youssef En-Nesyri scored home a header to give Morocco the lead. And when IagoAspas turned home Dani Carvajal's cross from the right after a short corner...
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