ANDthe recognition of being captain of the club where you have spent more than half your life, in this case Racing de Santander, is something you will never forget to our protagonist of this MARK story. And if he has gotten to where he is today, with his 24 years, it is thanks to work, discipline, study and a series of values that characterize the fraud of the Cantabrian fans.
igo is graduate in chemical engineeringa career that was taken year after year and that It has allowed him to “organize himself better in his day-to-day life” and have “an objective outside the world of football”. For him, it is “an insurance that I have for when my sports career is over”. Facts that have allowed him to keep his feet on the ground and value every step he has taken from his childhood to wearing the Racing captain’s armband.
One more in Ampuero
igo is a neighbor of Ampuerotown where the patron saint of the Community of Cantabria is located, the Well Appeared. The ‘Dalle de Ampuero’, one of the nicknames by which the Cantabrian midfielder is known, has developed his life in this municipality of just over 4,000 inhabitants. He was in charge last September of giving the question and subsequent kick-off with the rocket to certify the return of the ‘Encerronas’ after the pandemic. A local reference who lives his day to day in the same way for years, close to his familyin the town square where he grew up and surrounded by his childhood friends.
I know that the sacrifice that my parents have made during all these years is what has allowed me to be who I am today.
But to get here, essential in the schemes of coach Guillermo Fernndez Romo, counting the first 12 days as the undisputed starter -this Saturday in Legans he will miss his first league minutes due to suspension- and being owner and lord of the Verdiblanca midfielder, igo has had to sacrifice a lot of things since he arrived at the Santander club in 2009.
The values
A ‘road’ college student, since, Since the opportunity to form part of the Alevn of the racing team came at the age of 11, he has had to travel the more than 100 round trip kilometers that separate his native Ampuero from the La Albericia facilities, every day. home of Racing, a journey he made with his parents. “I know that the sacrifice that my parents have made during all these years is what has allowed me to be who I am today”, emphasizes igo of the figure that Ins and Samuel represent for him, both personally and professionally.
“Racing is my life” is the phrase that igo uses to answer when asked what it feels like to be captain of the club in which he has been in more than 13 years. And having friends in Santander and in his town has allowed him to enjoy everything equally, the work, attitude and perseverance to achieve what has been proposed, and accept with humility that the fans chant his name on match days at El Sardinero.
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