Diego Javier de la Torre Muciño (born 5 February 1984) is a Mexican former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
and current assistant coach for
Major League Soccer club
Atlanta United FC
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Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began pl ...
. De la Torre also has American citizenship, as his paternal grandmother was born in the
United States
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. After the Apertura 2009 season, Diego was sent on loan to
San Luis F.C. for the Clausura 2010 season, after playing his whole career with Toluca.
Honours
Cafetaleros de Tapachula
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Ascenso MX:
Clausura 2018
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Liga MX players
Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
San Luis F.C. players
Querétaro F.C. footballers
Chiapas F.C. footballers
Association football midfielders
Footballers from San Luis Potosí
Mexican people of American descent
American sportspeople of Mexican descent
Atlético Mexiquense footballers
Atlanta United FC non-playing staff
Mexican footballers
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