Daniel "Dani" Iglesias Gago (born 17 July 1995) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as an

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or a winger for

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club Sepsi OSK.

Club career

Born in

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, Galicia, Iglesias was a youth product of local

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

. He made his debuts as a senior with the reserves, representing the side in the fourth division. Iglesias made his official debut for the

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' first team on 24 August 2013, playing the last 13 minutes in a 1–0 home defeat against

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in the second level championship. On 31 July 2015, he rescinded his contract, with ''Depor'' having an option to re-sign him until 2018, and signed a four-year deal with

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on 11 August. On 1 September 2015, Iglesias was loaned to

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, in a

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-long deal. Following a loan to Istra 1961 in the 2018–19 season, Iglesias transferred to

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in July 2019.

Honours

Rijeka * Croatian Cup: 2019–20

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Iglesias, Dani 1995 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spain men's youth international footballers Footballers from Santiago de Compostela Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Deportivo Fabril players Deportivo de La Coruña players Deportivo Alavés B players CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers NK Istra 1961 players HNK Rijeka players FC Spartak Trnava players ŠKF Sereď players FC Dinamo București players CSA Steaua București footballers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Croatian Football League players Liga I players Liga II players Slovak First Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania 21st-century Spanish sportsmen