Diego Díaz (footballer, Born 2005)
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Diego Díaz Cacho (born 31 May 2005) is a Spanish professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as either an
attacking midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...
or a winger for
Rayo Cantabria Rayo Cantabria, formerly known as Real Racing Club de Santander "B" is the reserve team of Racing de Santander, a Spanish football team based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1926 as a separate club, affiliate ...
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Career

Born in
Cartes Cartes is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. According to the 2009 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population in ...
,
Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...
, Díaz was a
Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...
's youth graduate. On 16 June 2024, after finishing his formation, he renewed his contract with the club, Díaz made his senior debut with the reserves on 31 August 2024, starting in a 2–0
Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Football Fede ...
home win over
UD Llanera Unión Deportiva Llanera is a Spanish football club based in Posada de Llanera, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1981, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Pepe Quimarán''. History The first team called ''UD Llane ...
. He scored his first senior goal on 17 November, netting the B's fourth in a 5–0 away routing of
UM Escobedo Unión Montañesa Escobedo is a Spanish football team based in Escobedo, Camargo, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1917 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Eusebio Arce''. History Escobedo was founded in 1917, ...
. Díaz made his first team debut on 15 December 2024, coming on as a late substitute for
Maguette Gueye Maguette Gueye (born 30 December 2002) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Racing de Santander. Career Partizani Born in Sakal, Louga Department, Gueye joined Albanian side FK Partizani Tirana on 5 September 20 ...
in a 1–0
Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
home loss to
SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Diego 2005 births Living people Footballers from Cantabria Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda Federación players Rayo Cantabria players Racing de Santander players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen