Ignacio "Nacho" Pais Mayán (born 30 May 2000) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Cherno More Varna Cherno More () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on 3 March 1913, as an association football branch ...

Club career

Born in

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the southeast end of the Greater Buenos Aires, being some away from the urban centre area of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and is the seat of the eponymous '' ...

, Pais represented Racing Club as a youth before moving to Spain in 2018. After finishing his formation with CD Diocesano, he signed for

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

side CF La Solana on 7 August 2019. On 23 December 2019, after becoming a regular starter, Pais moved to

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 sp ...

and was assigned to the reserves also in the fourth tier. On 20 July 2021, he signed for Segunda División RFEF side

Antequera CF Antequera Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Antequera, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1992, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio El Maulí'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. History Ante ...

. On 10 August 2022, Pais returned to Cartagena and its B-team. He made his debut with the main squad on 10 September, coming on as a late substitute for Pablo de Blasis in a 2–1

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home win over

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