Ignacio Camacho

Atlético Madrid

Camacho was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. Initially starting out at hometown club Real Zaragoza, he was spotted by Atlético Madrid and joined its academy. He made his first-team debut on 1 March 2008, starting, playing 68 minutes and being booked as the Colchoneros won 4–2 at home against FC Barcelona; he had just signed his first professional contract two months earlier. On 3 May 2008, one day shy of his 18th birthday, Camacho scored his first La Liga goal, netting twice in another home victory, this time 3–0 over Recreativo de Huelva. After some excellent performances in his first season, he would however spend the following campaign restricted to Copa del Rey matches, with coach Javier Aguirre preferring Portuguese Maniche and new signing Éver Banega; this situation would slightly improve in late February 2009 as new coach Abel Resino had a run-in with Maniche, leaving him out of the squad for the remainder of the season.

Málaga

2009–10 did not provide Camacho with the needed opportunities to progress; when healthy, he was mainly utilised in injury time of games. The next season, he appeared even more rarely – no minutes in the league whatsoever – and, in late December 2010, was transferred to Málaga CF, with his teammate Sergio Asenjo also making the move in a loan deal. Camacho scored his first official goal for Málaga on 29 April 2012, from a Jesús Gámez cross in the 1–0 home defeat of Valencia CF. He contributed 13 games and 811 minutes…

Camacho captained the Spain under-17 team to the title at the 2007 UEFA European Championship, scoring one goal during the tournament. He missed the 2009 European Under-19 Championships through injury. On 7 November 2014, Camacho was called up to full side manager Vicente del Bosque's squad for matches against Belarus and Germany, He made his debut on the 18th against the latter, coming on as a half-time substitute for Sergio Busquets in an eventual 1–0 friendly loss in Vigo.

1 Includes Copa del Rey, DFB-Pokal and Bundesliga relegation play-offs

Camacho's father Juan José was also a footballer, as older brother Juanjo. The latter was also a midfielder, who played for several Segunda División and Segunda División B clubs.