{{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,<ref name="lores_soccerway" /> Uruguay | height = {{height|m=1.82}}<ref name="lores_soccerway" /> | currentclub = Athletic Club Palermo | clubnumber = | position = Winger | youthyears1 = 2007–2009 | youthclubs1 = Defensor Sporting | years1 = 2009–2011 | clubs1 = Defensor Sporting | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2011–2015 | clubs2 = Palermo | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = → Botev Vratsa (loan) | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2013 | clubs4 = → CSKA Sofia (loan) | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2014 | clubs5 = → Bari (loan) | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = → Vicenza (loan) | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2015 | clubs7 = → Varese (loan) | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2015–2017 | clubs8 = Pisa | caps8 = 53 | goals8 = 8 | years9 = 2017–2018 | clubs9 = Ascoli | caps9 = 35 | goals9 = 3 | years10 = 2018–2019 | clubs10 = Peñarol | caps10 = 31 | goals10 = 4 | years11 = 2020 | clubs11 = Wanderers | caps11 = 10 | goals11 = 1 | years12 = 2020–2021 | clubs12 = Nacional | caps12 = 17 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2021–2022 | clubs13 = Siena | caps13 = 17 | goals13 = 4 | years14 = 2022–2023 | clubs14 = Cittadella | caps14 = 44 | goals14 = 0 | years15 = 2023–2024 | clubs15 = Avellino | caps15 = 18 | goals15 = 0 | years16 = 2024 | clubs16 = Taranto | caps16 = 8 | goals16 = 0 | years17 = 2025– | clubs17 = Athletic Club Palermo | caps17 = 19 | goals17 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Uruguay U20 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | pcupdate = 19 April 2026 | ntupdate = }}
'''Ignacio Lores Varela''' (born 26 April 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer, currently playing for Serie D club Athletic Club Palermo. He is a former Uruguay U20 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, making his debut in the Uruguayan Primera División during the 2009–10 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 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 debut in a 3–1 home win against Bologna on 5 November, coming on as a first-half substitute, replacing the injured Abel Hernández 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 match for Palermo in a 0–0 draw against Parma at the 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 team Botev Vratsa. After eight appearances, on 1 February 2013, Lores was loaned out to another A PFG club 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, Lores assisted 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 side Bari, making eight appearances in total. On 12 September 2014, he was loaned out to another Serie B club, 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, winning a promotion to Serie B from Lega Pro under coach Gennaro Ivan Gattuso. In July 2017, he left Pisa after two seasons to join another Serie B club, Ascoli.
===Peñarol=== In July 2018, he returned to Uruguay, signing with Peñarol.<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 with Montevideo Wanderers F.C., he signed with 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 was terminated by mutual consent on 25 January 2022.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Siena|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 club Cittadella.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=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.<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 club 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 at the 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.
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