Nacho Conte

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Conte and the second or maternal family name is Crespo.
Nacho Conte
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Conte Crespo[1]
Date of birth (1969-02-21) 21 February 1969[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

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

Sevilla

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

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

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

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
  1. Nacho Conte at WorldFootball.net
  2. 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. 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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