Ignacio Lago

Ignacio Lago
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Ignacio Lago
Date of birth	5 August 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth	Isidro Casanova, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Positions	Left winger; forward;
Team information
Current team	Colón
Youth career
	Almirante Brown
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	Almirante Brown
2020–2025	Talleres
2021	→ Tlaxcala (loan)
2022	→ San Martín SJ (loan)
2023	→ Atlético de Rafaela (loan)
2024	→ Colón (loan)
2025–	Colón
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:52, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Manuel Ignacio Lago (born 5 August 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Colón.

Career

Lago is a product of Almirante Brown's youth system. He made the move into senior football at the age of fifteen, featuring off the substitutes four times in the 2017–18 season. His debut arrived on 10 February 2018 versus Atlanta, as he was substituted in on eighty-four minutes to become Almirante Brown's youngest ever debutant in competitive football; aged fifteen years, six months and five days to surpass Jonathan Casasola's record as a sixteen-year-old from 2009. In his sixth appearance, on 17 March 2019, Lago scored his first senior goal in a victory over Colegiales. Overall, he scored three goals in thirty-one games for them.

On 11 September 2020, Lago completed a transfer to Primera División side Talleres.

Personal life

In April 2026, Ignacio Lago publicly came out as gay during a television appearance, becoming the first active professional footballer in Argentina to do so.

Career statistics

As of 14 September 2020.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Almirante Brown	2017–18	Primera B Metropolitana	4	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	4	0
	2018–19		7	1	0	0	—		—		0	0	7	1
	2019–20		20	2	0	0	—		—		0	0	20	2
	Total		31	3	0	0	—		—		0	0	31	3
Talleres	2020–21	Primera División	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Career total			31	3	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	31	3

References

1 2 "El histórico debut de Ignacio Lago: "Sentí una emoción terrible"". El1Digital. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
↑ Ignacio Lago at WorldFootball.net
1 2 3 4 5 6 García, Hugo (14 July 2021). "Cristian Ojeda e Ignacio Lago llegaron a Tlaxcala desde Talleres; qué dice el DT alterno y exBelgrano Sebastián Lencina". lavoz.com.ar. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "El talento de 15 años que debutó en la Reserva". El1Digital. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
↑ "Ficha Estadistica de MANUEL LAGO". BDFA. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
↑ "El pibe de Almirante". Solo Ascenso. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
↑ "Ignacio Lago: "Siempre soñé con esto"". El1Digital. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
↑ "Ignacio Lago, nuevo refuerzo de Talleres". Talleres. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
↑ read, Moataz Elgammal·3 min (6 April 2026). "Argentine winger makes history as nation's first active footballer to come out as gay in groundbreaking interview". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Ignacio Lago at Soccerway

[El1Digital_1-1] 1 2 "El histórico debut de Ignacio Lago: "Sentí una emoción terrible"". El1Digital. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[2] Ignacio Lago at WorldFootball.net

[Soccerway-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 García, Hugo (14 July 2021). "Cristian Ojeda e Ignacio Lago llegaron a Tlaxcala desde Talleres; qué dice el DT alterno y exBelgrano Sebastián Lencina". lavoz.com.ar. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[El1Digital_2-4] "El talento de 15 años que debutó en la Reserva". El1Digital. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[BDFA-5] "Ficha Estadistica de MANUEL LAGO". BDFA. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[Solo_Ascenso-6] "El pibe de Almirante". Solo Ascenso. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[El1Digital_3-7] "Ignacio Lago: "Siempre soñé con esto"". El1Digital. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[TAL1-8] "Ignacio Lago, nuevo refuerzo de Talleres". Talleres. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

[9] read, Moataz Elgammal·3 min (6 April 2026). "Argentine winger makes history as nation's first active footballer to come out as gay in groundbreaking interview". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)