Ignacio Gómez Novo (born March 26, 1979 in Spain), simply known as Nacho Novo, is a professional football player who currently plays for Rangers. He formerly played for Huesca, Raith Rovers and Dundee.
Novo scored 25 goals in his first season at Rangers, scoring the goal at Hibernian that won Rangers the league title. 19 of these goals came in the Scottish Premier League, with 3 in the league cup and 3 in European competition, including one against eventual UEFA cup winners CSKA Moscow in the qualifying stages of the UEFA Champions League.
He wore shirt number 10 and was a regular in the Rangers side until the start of the 2005-06 season when he broke his fifth metatarsal. He was ruled out for several months. He made his first Rangers come back against Kilmarnock in a 3-2 win. He failed to show any level of consistency for the remainder of the season and was left frustrated with limited appearances in the first team.
Novo scored his first goal in over a year for Rangers in a 3-2 UEFA Cup win over A.S. Livorno Calcio on October 19, 2006. In the following match Novo came off the subs bench to score a late winner against St Mirren in a 3-2 win for Rangers. He then started the next game at the expense of Dado Pršo, Motherwell held Rangers to a 1-1 draw with Novo named Man of the Match.