Adrián Diéguez Grande (born 4 February 1996) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as either a

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or a

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for Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok.

Career

Youth career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Diéguez represented

Getafe Getafe () is a municipalities in Spain, municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city c ...

and

Carabanchel Carabanchel is a district of Madrid, Spain. It lies on the southern (right) bank of the Manzanares, spanning southward down to the M-40 ring road. The district is made up of the neighbourhoods of Abrantes, Comillas, Opañel, Puerta Bonita, S ...

as a youth.

Alcorcón

On 29 July 2015, he moved to neighbouring Alcorcón, being assigned to the reserves in

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. Diéguez made his senior debut on 30 August 2015, starting in a 2–2 away draw against

Pozuelo de Alarcón Pozuelo de Alarcón () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Bordering the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid proper to its west, Pozuelo de Alarcón is surrounded by large Mediterranean pine-tree forests: the Casa de Campo, the M ...

. He scored his first goal as a senior the following 15 May in a 1–2 loss at

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. Diéguez played his first professional match on 8 September 2016, starting in a 1–0

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home win against his former club Getafe. His

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debut came eleven days later, in a 1–0 home victory over

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Loan to Fuenlabrada

On 25 January 2017, Diéguez was loaned to

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side

Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,586, making it the region's fourth most populated municipality. Placename The etymology of ''Fuenlabrada'' comes from the contra ...

until June.

Deportivo Alavés B

On 4 July 2017, he moved to another

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, after agreeing to a four-year deal with Deportivo Alavés B, but joined the main squad in

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ahead of the pre-season. Diéguez made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 28 October 2017, starting in a 1–2 home loss against

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Loan to Huesca

On 31 January 2019, he moved to fellow top tier side

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on loan until the end of the season, and made his debut for the club on 9 February in a 2–0 win against

Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...

Return to Alcorcón

On 28 July 2019, Diéguez returned to his first club Alcorcón after agreeing to a one-year loan deal.

Return to Fuenlabrada

On 15 September of the following year, he returned to ''Fuenla'' on a four-year contract, with the side now in the second division.

Ponferradina

On 27 July 2022, after Fuenlabrada's relegation, Diéguez moved to another second division club Ponferradina, for a €350,000 transfer fee.

Jagiellonia Białystok

On 21 June 2023, Jagiellonia Białystok announced the signing of Diéguez on a two-year deal with an extension option. He was assigned with squad number 17 and debuted on 22 July 2023 in a 3–0 away loss to Raków Częstochowa. That match was also his first appearance in the

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. On 14 April 2024, in the 18th minute of a 1–3 home loss to Cracovia, he received a straight-away red card for fouling Benjamin Källman. On 7 August 2024, he scored an

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in a 0–1 home loss against Bodø/Glimt in the

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third qualifying round. Diéguez scored his first goal for Jagiellonia on 22 August 2024 in the 5th minute of a 1–4 home loss to

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in the

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fourth qualifying round. On 15 September 2024, he was given a red card in a 5–0 away loss to

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

. On 12 November 2024, his contract was extended until 2026. During the training camp, which took place in January 2025 in

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, he sustained a knee collateral ligaments injury.

Honours

Jagiellonia Białystok *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 2023–24 Individual * Polish Union of Footballers' Ekstraklasa Team of the Season: 2023–24

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dieguez, Adrian 1996 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Ekstraklasa players AD Alcorcón B players AD Alcorcón footballers CF Fuenlabrada footballers Deportivo Alavés B players Deportivo Alavés players SD Huesca footballers SD Ponferradina players Jagiellonia Białystok players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Spanish sportsmen