Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pablo Insua Blanco [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 September 1993||
Place of birth | Arzúa, Spain | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Gijón | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2010 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2010–2012 | Deportivo B | 60 | (0) |
2012–2017 | Deportivo La Coruña | 59 | (3) |
2015–2017 | → Leganés (loan) | 64 | (2) |
2017–2020 | Schalke 04 | 1 | (0) |
2018–2020 | → Huesca (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Huesca | 40 | (0) |
2022– | Sporting Gijón | 66 | (4) |
International career | |||
2012 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Spain U20 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 |
Pablo Insua Blanco (born 9 September 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Sporting de Gijón.
Born in Arzúa, Province of A Coruña, Insua was a youth product of local Deportivo de La Coruña. He made his debut as a senior with the reserves, representing them in both the Segunda División B and the Tercera División. [2]
Insua made his official debut for the Galicians' first team on 25 November 2012, playing the last ten minutes of the 1–1 La Liga away draw against Athletic Bilbao. [3] On 17 August of the following year, with the club again in the Segunda División, he scored his first professional goal, the only in a win at UD Las Palmas. [4]
Insua renewed with Depor on 25 March 2014, signing until 2018. [5] He was an ever-present figure during the season, appearing in 39 matches and scoring three goals as his team returned to the top flight at the first attempt. [6]
On 15 August 2015, Insua was loaned to CD Leganés of the second tier for one year. [7] He scored once from 35 games in his first year, helping to a first ever top-division promotion. [8] [9]
Insúa's loan was renewed for a further season on 15 July 2016. [10] He scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier on 21 January 2017, equalising a 2–2 away draw with Deportivo Alavés. [11]
On 29 June 2017, after contributing 29 appearances as Leganés retained their newly acquired status, Insua signed with FC Schalke 04 on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [12] In September, he suffered myocarditis which kept him out of play for months until he returned to training in January 2018. [13] His Bundesliga debut occurred on 17 March, when he came on as a 64th-minute substitute in the 1–0 away defeat of VfL Wolfsburg. [14]
On 20 July 2018, Insua joined SD Huesca on a season-long loan. [15] On 21 August 2019, the move was extended for another year. [16]
Insua agreed to a permanent three-year contract on 1 August 2020, after the club exercised their option to buy. [17] On 2 July 2022, his link was terminated. [18]
On 4 July 2022, Insua signed a two-year deal with Sporting de Gijón. [19]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Deportivo | 2012–13 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2013–14 | Segunda División | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 3 | ||
2014–15 | La Liga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
Total | 59 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 62 | 3 | |||
Leganés (loan) | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | |
2016–17 | La Liga | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
Total | 64 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 68 | 2 | |||
Schalke 04 | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Huesca (loan) | 2018–19 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Segunda División | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
Huesca | 2020–21 | La Liga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
Total | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | |||
Career total | 161 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 5 |
Huesca
Spain U19