Ignacio Ithurralde
Ithurralde with Millonarios in 2012
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Ithurralde Sáez
Date of birth (1983-05-30) 30 May 1983
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 River Plate Montevideo (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Defensor Sporting 83 (7)
2007 Monterrey 8 (0)
2008 Olimpo 12 (0)
2008 Rosario Central 4 (0)
2009 Peñarol 17 (1)
2010 Bolívar 35 (1)
2011 Guaraní 2 (0)
2011 Audax Italiano 6 (0)
2012–2013 Millonarios 23 (1)
2013 Rentistas 14 (0)
2014 Blooming 14 (0)
2014–2015 Rentistas 21 (2)
2015–2017 Racing Montevideo 33 (2)
2017 Deportivo Maldonado 12 (1)
2017 Cerro 9 (0)
International career
Uruguay U17
2003 Uruguay U20 4 (0)
2006–2007 Uruguay 2 (0)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Defensor Sporting (youth)
2021–2022 Boston River
2023 Montevideo City Torque
2023– River Plate Montevideo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ignacio "Nacho" Ithurralde Sáez (born 30 May 1983 in Durazno) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a centre back. He is the current manager of River Plate Montevideo.

Playing career

Club

Ithurralde began his playing career in 2002 with Defensor Sporting where he spent 5 years. He played in Mexico with CF Monterrey in 2007 and then in Argentina with Olimpo and Rosario Central.

In 2009, Ithurralde returned to Uruguay to play for Peñarol, and moved to Bolívar in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano next year. In 2011, he had a brief spell with Paraguayan club Guaraní before moving to Chile to play for Audax Italiano. He moved to Millonarios FC in the Colombian Primera A in January 2012. The following year he was repatriated by club Rentistas. In 2014 Ithuarralde had a short spell with Bolivian side Blooming before returning to Rentistas later that year.

Ithurralde subsequently represented Racing Montevideo and Deportivo Maldonado before retiring with Cerro in 2017.

International

After representing Uruguay at under-17 and under-20 levels, Ithurralde made his debut with the full side on 27 September 2006, in a 1–0 friendly loss against Venezuela.

Managerial career

In 2020, Ithurralde returned to his first club Defensor as a manager of the youth sides. On 23 June 2021, he replaced Juan Tejera at the helm of Boston River in the top tier.[1]

Ithurralde qualified Boston River to the 2023 Copa Libertadores, the club's first-ever participation in the tournament, but still left on 4 November 2022.[2] He was named in charge of Montevideo City Torque seventeen days later,[3] but was sacked the following 10 April.[4]

On 27 July 2023, Ithurralde replaced Gustavo Díaz at the helm of River Plate Montevideo.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Boston River despidió a Juan Tejera y ya tiene sucesor, que se hace cargo el viernes del plantel" [Boston River sacked Juan Tejera and already have a replacement, who takes over the squad on Friday] (in Spanish). El Observador. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ignacio Ithurralde no continuará como entrenador de Boston River" [Ignacio Ithurralde will not continue as manager of Boston River] (in Spanish). ESPN. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ignacio Ithurralde es el nuevo entrenador del Montevideo City Torque y así fue presentado" [Ignacio Ithurralde is the new manager of Montevideo City Torque and this is how he was presented] (in Spanish). El País. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ignacio Ithurralde dejó de ser el director técnico de Montevideo City Torque" [Ignacio Ithurralde ceased to be the manager of Montevideo City Torque] (in Spanish). El País. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ignacio Ithurralde es el nuevo entrenador de River Plate" [Ignacio Ithurralde is the new manager of River Plate] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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