Ignacio "Nacho" Díez de la Faya (born 23 April 1996) is a Spanish

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player. Díez is currently the

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of Real Madrid Junior (Under-18) basketball team. He is brother of

Dani Díez Daniel Díez de la Faya (born 7 April 1993) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Spain national team. Professional career Spanish League Díez star ...

, a

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basketball player.

Basketball career

H He started his playing career in the Adecco Estudiantes, team that he left to join the U-14 Real Madrid Baloncesto in 2009. In his first seasons with Real Madrid, he obtained the Madrid Infantil (U-14) Championship in 2010 and the Madrid Cadete (U-16) Championship in 2012, being selected as the team's

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. In 2012 he joined

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junior team. In April 2013 they won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship by defeating Asefa Estudiantes in the final. A month later, they reached the third position in the Spanish Junior (U-18) Championship. During the 2013/14 season he was appointed as Real Madrid junior team's

. In January 2014, they won the prestigious Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (NIJT), a championship that Real Madrid hadn't won since 2006. On 13 April 2014 Real Madrid junior team again won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship, by defeating Estudiantes and Torrelodones in the Final Four. On 10 May 2014 Real Madrid won the 2014 Spain Junior (U-18) Championship, a title that they hadn't obtained for 14 years.

Teams

*2003/09 Estudiantes *2009/10 U-14 Infantil Real Madrid Baloncesto *2010/12 U-16 Cadete Real Madrid Baloncesto *2012/14 U-18 Junior Real Madrid Baloncesto *2014-

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Spanish national team

In April 2014 he played with Under-18 Spanish national team at Barakaldo Tournament. Later that month, he was preselected to participate in the 2014

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, to be played during summer 2014 at

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Awards and honors

Real Madrid

* Champion of Madrid Infantil (U-14) Championship 2010. * Champion of Madrid Cadete (U-16) Championship 2012. * Champion of Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship 2013 and 2014. * Champion of Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (NIJT) 2014. * Champion of Spain Junior (U-18) Championship 2014.

References

External links

Euroleague web player profile

Real Madrid player profile
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