Inigo Perez Soto (born 18 January 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, as a central midfielder.A product of Athletic Bilbao's youth ranks at Lezama, Pérez was born in Pamplona, Navarre, and moved to the reserves in early 2007 although he still appeared for some more time with CD Baskonia the farm team. On 28 October 2009 he made his debut for the main squad, starting in a 0–2 Copa del Rey defeat at Rayo Vallecano (2–4 aggregate loss); two days later he first appeared in La Liga, replacing veteran Pablo Orbaiz in a 1–0 home win against Atletico Madrid.