Ignacio Mirás Blanco

Nacho Mirás, whose full name is Ignacio Mirás Blanco, is a Spanish goalkeeper born in Úbeda on 19 July 1997. He developed with Guadalcacín, Granada and Atlético Sanluqueño before moving to the United States, where he played college soccer for Valparaiso from 2015 to 2019 and also spent time with North Carolina FC’s youth academy. Mirás returned to Spain in 2019 and joined Linense, making 53 league appearances across three seasons. In June 2022, he moved to Belgian club Deinze, continuing his development and becoming a regular in the Challenger Pro League. His performances there led to a move to top-flight K.V. Mechelen in January 2025. At Mechelen, Mirás took on a prominent goalkeeping role, combining traditional shot-stopping with distribution from the back. His career traces a path from Spanish youth football through American college soccer to established professional football in Belgium.