# Ignacio Lores

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{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Ignacio Lores
| fullname       = Ignacio Lores Varela<ref name="lores_soccerway">{{Soccerway|ignacio-lores/113158}}</ref>
| image          = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1991|4|26|df=y}}<ref name="lores_soccerway" />
| birth_place    = [Montevideo](/source/Montevideo),<ref name="lores_soccerway" /> [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)
| height         = {{height|m=1.82}}<ref name="lores_soccerway" />
| currentclub    = [Athletic Club Palermo](/source/SSD_Athletic_Club_Palermo)
| clubnumber     = 
| position       = [Winger](/source/Midfielder)
| youthyears1    = 2007–2009
| youthclubs1    = [Defensor Sporting](/source/Defensor_Sporting)
| years1         = 2009–2011
| clubs1         = [Defensor Sporting](/source/Defensor_Sporting)
| caps1          = 10
| goals1         = 0
| years2         = 2011–2015
| clubs2         = [Palermo](/source/U.S._Citt%C3%A0_di_Palermo)
| caps2          = 12
| goals2         = 0
| years3         = 2012
| clubs3         = → [Botev Vratsa](/source/POFC_Botev_Vratsa) (loan)
| caps3          = 8
| goals3         = 0
| years4         = 2013
| clubs4         = → [CSKA Sofia](/source/PFC_CSKA_Sofia) (loan)
| caps4          = 13
| goals4         = 1
| years5         = 2014
| clubs5         = → [Bari](/source/A.S._Bari) (loan)
| caps5          = 8
| goals5         = 0
| years6         = 2014–2015
| clubs6         = → [Vicenza](/source/Vicenza_Calcio) (loan)
| caps6          = 15
| goals6         = 1
| years7         = 2015
| clubs7         = → [Varese](/source/A.S._Varese_1910) (loan)
| caps7          = 5
| goals7         = 0
| years8         = 2015–2017
| clubs8         = [Pisa](/source/A.C._Pisa_1909)
| caps8          = 53
| goals8         = 8
| years9         = 2017–2018
| clubs9         = [Ascoli](/source/Ascoli_Picchio_F.C._1898)
| caps9          = 35
| goals9         = 3
| years10        = 2018–2019
| clubs10        = [Peñarol](/source/Pe%C3%B1arol)
| caps10         = 31
| goals10        = 4
| years11        = 2020
| clubs11        = [Wanderers](/source/Montevideo_Wanderers_F.C.)
| caps11         = 10
| goals11        = 1
| years12        = 2020–2021
| clubs12        = [Nacional](/source/Club_Nacional_de_Football)
| caps12         = 17
| goals12        = 0
| years13        = 2021–2022
| clubs13        = [Siena](/source/A.C.N._Siena_1904)
| caps13         = 17
| goals13        = 4
| years14        = 2022–2023
| clubs14        = [Cittadella](/source/A.S._Cittadella)
| caps14         = 44
| goals14        = 0
| years15        = 2023–2024
| clubs15        = [Avellino](/source/US_Avellino_1912)
| caps15         = 18
| goals15        = 0
| years16        = 2024
| clubs16        = [Taranto](/source/Taranto_FC_1927)
| caps16         = 8
| goals16        = 0
| years17        = 2025–
| clubs17        = [Athletic Club Palermo](/source/SSD_Athletic_Club_Palermo)
| caps17         = 19
| goals17        = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2011
| nationalteam1  = [Uruguay U20](/source/Uruguay_national_under-20_football_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate       = 19 April 2026
| ntupdate       = 
}}

'''Ignacio Lores Varela''' (born 26 April 1991) is a Uruguayan [footballer](/source/association_football), currently playing for [Serie D](/source/Serie_D) club [Athletic Club Palermo](/source/SSD_Athletic_Club_Palermo). He is a former [Uruguay U20](/source/Uruguay_national_under-20_football_team) international. Lores also holds Spanish passport.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2011/07/09/il-palermo-gioca-anticipo-ed-ecco-ignacio.html|title= Il Palermo gioca d'anticipo ed ecco Ignacio Lores Varela |date=9 July 2011|accessdate=26 September 2014|work=la Repubblica|language=Italian}}</ref>

==Career==
Lores started his football career with [Defensor Sporting](/source/Defensor_Sporting), making his debut in the [Uruguayan Primera División](/source/Uruguayan_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n) during the [2009–10](/source/2009%E2%80%9310_Uruguayan_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_season) season. He made a total of 10 league appearances with the Montevideo-based club.

===Palermo===
On 9 July 2011, Lores signed a five-year deal with Italian side [Palermo](/source/Palermo_FC) for €2.8 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.football-italia.net/node/7074|publisher=football-italia.net|title=Official: Palermo sign Lores|accessdate=2011-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/transfers-2011-details-of-all-the-big-moves-in-europe|publisher=worldsoccer.com|title=Football transfers 2011: details of all the big moves in Europe|accessdate=2011-08-01|archive-date=2014-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129062247/http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/transfers-2011-details-of-all-the-big-moves-in-europe|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was given the number 26 jersey. Lores made his [Serie A](/source/Serie_A) debut in a 3–1 home win against [Bologna](/source/Bologna_FC_1909) on 5 November, coming on as a first-half substitute, replacing the injured [Abel Hernández](/source/Abel_Hern%C3%A1ndez) early in the first half.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/11/05/italy/serie-a/us-citta-di-palermo/bologna-fc-1909/1175728/|publisher=soccerway.com|title=Palermo 3–1 Bologna|accessdate=2011-11-05}}</ref> Ignacio started his first [Serie A](/source/Serie_A) match for Palermo in a 0–0 draw against [Parma](/source/Parma_F.C.) at the [Stadio Ennio Tardini](/source/Stadio_Ennio_Tardini) on 4 December.

====Loans to Botev Vratsa and CSKA Sofia====
On 29 August 2012, he moved on loan to [Bulgarian A PFG](/source/Bulgarian_A_Professional_Football_Group) team [Botev Vratsa](/source/POFC_Botev_Vratsa).
After eight appearances, on 1 February 2013, Lores was loaned out to another A PFG club [CSKA Sofia](/source/PFC_CSKA_Sofia) for one and a half years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.novsport.com/news463801_1003.html|publisher=novsport.com|title=Варела подписа с ЦСКА|date=2013-02-01|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> On 31 March, in a 3–0 home victory over [Minyor Pernik](/source/PFC_Minyor_Pernik), Lores assisted [Martin Kamburov](/source/Martin_Kamburov) for the first goal in a game and later netted his first goal, scoring CSKA's second.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cska.gong.bg/direktno_game.php?id=4581|publisher=gong.bg|title=CSKA 3–0 Minyor|date=2013-03-31|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> He finished the season with 20 appearances and one goal in the league, scored in the 19th day, and two appearances in the domestic cup.

====Return to Palermo and Serie B loans====
He returned to Palermo for the 2013–14 season and played his first game on 11 August 2013, in the second round of the Italian Cup, which he won 2–1 against Cremonese.

However, in January 2014, he moved on loan to [Serie B](/source/Serie_B) side [Bari](/source/SSC_Bari), making eight appearances in total. On 12 September 2014, he was loaned out to another Serie B club, [Vicenza](/source/LR_Vicenza), for the full 2014–15 season.<ref>{{cite news |language=Italian |accessdate=12 September 2014 |publisher=US Città di Palermo |date=12 September 2014 |url=http://palermocalcio.it/it/1415/news/scheda.php?id=30471 |title=LORES IN PRESTITO AL VICENZA |archive-date=12 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912210616/http://palermocalcio.it/it/1415/news/scheda.php?id=30471 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/ignacio-lores-varela-in-biancorosso/|title=Ignacio Lores Varela in biancorosso|date=12 September 2014|accessdate=26 September 2014|publisher=Vicenza Calcio|language=Italian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140926043957/http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/ignacio-lores-varela-in-biancorosso/|archive-date=26 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He then signed for [Pisa](/source/AC_Pisa_1909), winning a promotion to [Serie B](/source/Serie_B) from [Lega Pro](/source/Lega_Pro) under coach [Gennaro Ivan Gattuso](/source/Gennaro_Ivan_Gattuso). In July 2017, he left Pisa after two seasons to join another Serie B club, [Ascoli](/source/Ascoli_Calcio_1898_FC).

===Peñarol===
In July 2018, he returned to Uruguay, signing with [Peñarol](/source/Pe%C3%B1arol).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Futbol Uy|url=https://www.futbol.com.uy/Deportes/Penarol-Ignacio-Lores-proveniente-del-Ascoli-de-Italia-es-la-segunda-alta-uc687592|title=Peñarol: Ignacio Lores, proveniente del Ascoli de Italia, es la segunda alta|date=29 June 2018|language=Spanish}}</ref>

===Nacional===
After playing the [Torneo Apertura](/source/Torneo_Apertura_2020_(Uruguay)) with [Montevideo Wanderers F.C.](/source/Montevideo_Wanderers_F.C.), he signed with [Club Nacional de Football](/source/Club_Nacional_de_Football) until the end of the season 2020-2021.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The World News|url=https://theworldnews.net/uy-news/nacional-confirmara-la-llegada-de-ignacio-lores-el-jueves|date=16 October 2020|language=Spanish|title=Nacional confirmara la llegada de Ignacio Lores}}</ref>

===Siena===
His contract with [Siena](/source/A.C.N._Siena_1904) was terminated by mutual consent on 25 January 2022.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[Siena](/source/A.C.N._Siena_1904)|url=https://www.acnsiena.it/notizie/risoluzione-con-nacho-varela/|title=Risoluzione con Nacho Varela|date=25 January 2022|access-date=25 January 2022|language=it}}</ref>

===Cittadella, Taranto and amateur football===
On 25 January 2022, he joined [Serie B](/source/Serie_B) club [Cittadella](/source/A.S._Cittadella).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[Cittadella](/source/A.S._Cittadella)|url=https://www.ascittadella.it/in-evidenza/ignacio-lores-varela/|title=IGNACIO LORES VARELA|date=25 January 2022|language=it}}</ref>

On 29 August 2024, Lores signed a two-season contract with [Taranto](/source/Taranto_FC_1927).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Taranto|url=https://www.tarantofootballclub.it/2024/08/29/ignacio-lores-varela-e-ufficialmente-rossoblu/|title=IGNACIO LORES VARELA È UFFICIALMENTE ROSSOBLU|trans-title=IGNACIO LORES VARELA IS OFFICIALLY RED AND BLUE|date=29 August 2024|access-date=29 August 2024|language=it}}</ref> He, however, announced his retirement just two months after joining Taranto, on 28 October.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 October 2024 |accessdate=14 November 2024 |url=https://www.notiziariocalcio.com/serie-c/taranto-lores-varela-dice-addio-al-calcio-un-ritiro-inaspettato-nel-pieno-della-stagione-312725 |title=Taranto, Lores Varela dice addio al calcio: un ritiro inaspettato nel pieno della stagione |publisher=NotiziarioCalcio.com |language=it}}</ref>

On 25 July 2025, Lores came out of retirement to join [Serie D](/source/Serie_D) club [Athletic Club Palermo](/source/SSD_Athletic_Club_Palermo).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stadionews.it/athletic-palermo-ufficiale-larrivo-di-lores-varela/ |publisher=Stadionews |language=it |date=25 July 2025 |accessdate=25 July 2025 |title=Athletic Palermo, ufficiale l’arrivo di Lores Varela}}</ref>

==International career==
He has been capped by the [Uruguay national under-20 football team](/source/Uruguay_national_under-20_football_team) at the [2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup](/source/2011_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup).

In May 2011, he won the Suwon Cup with Uruguay's National Under-20 team, playing all three games and scoring one goal – the first in the National – in the second game against Nigeria, which ended 2–2.

==References==
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==External links==
{{soccerway|113158}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lores, Ignacio}}
Category:1991 births
Category:Footballers from Montevideo
Category:Living people
Category:Uruguayan men's footballers
Category:Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Defensor Sporting players
Category:Palermo FC players
Category:POFC Botev Vratsa players
Category:PFC CSKA Sofia players
Category:SSC Bari players
Category:LR Vicenza players
Category:SSD Varese Calcio players
Category:Pisa SC players
Category:Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
Category:Peñarol players
Category:Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Club Nacional de Football players
Category:Siena FC SSD players
Category:AS Cittadella players
Category:US Avellino 1912 players
Category:Taranto FC 1927 players
Category:SSD Athletic Club Palermo players
Category:Uruguayan Primera División players
Category:Serie A players
Category:Serie B players
Category:Serie C players
Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria

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