Diego Ifrán Sala (born 8 June 1987) is an Uruguayan

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who retired in 2016. He used to play as a

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Club career

Born in

Cerro Chato Cerro Chato (, ''Plain Hill'') is a town in central Uruguay that is divided in three parts belonging to Durazno Department, Florida Department, and Treinta y Tres Department. Location The town is located along Route 7, northeast by road from Va ...

, Ifrán began his career with Fénix, where he played between 2006 and 2008. In the 2008 summer he moved to local giants

Danubio Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División. Founded in 1932, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo, which has a capacity o ...

. On 13 August 2010 Ifrán signed a five-year deal with

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

, despite being sidelined due to a severe knee injury. He made his debut on 7 March of the following year, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–2 loss at Deportivo de La Coruña. His first goal came on 3 April, but in a 1–3 home loss against

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3 and plays its hom ...

. On 8 July 2013 Ifrán suffered an

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, being sidelined until January of the following year. On 19 March 2014 he was loaned to Deportivo until June. On 1 August 2014 Ifrán moved to fellow

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side CD Tenerife, also in a temporary deal. On 2 July 2015, he joined Peñarol.

References

External links

Real Sociedad official profile
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