Ignacio Vázquez

Who is Ignacio Vázquez?

Ignacio Vázquez Barba is a retired professional footballer from Mexico, who played as a forward during his career.

Vázquez made his league debut with Chivas during the 1991-92 season. He scored 10 goals in each of the next two seasons, leading the club in scoring and winning the center forward position. In subsequent years he played less frequently, due to the signing of Daniel Guzmán and later the emergence of Gustavo Napoles and Gabriel García, but he still played a valuable role as Guadalajara won the Verano 1997 championship. Vázquez left for Tigres in 1998, played for Atlante in 1999 and 2000, and then went to Santos Laguna where he won a second championship in 2001, although he appeared in only three matches during the season. After a stop at León and a brief return to Chivas, he played his last top-level game with Veracruz in 2004.

He was a member of the Mexican Olympic team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, playing in Mexico's 1-1 draw against Denmark on July 26, 1992. Vázquez also earned two caps for the full Mexican national team, making his debut on September 22, 1993 against Cameroon. His last match, in the following month, came in a 1-1 draw against the United States on October 13 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.