Sergio Díaz Castilla (born 2 July 1991) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for Juventud Torremolinos.

Club career

Born in

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

, Díaz spent his first year as a senior with local

Atlético Malagueño Club Atlético Malagueño, shortened to Atlético Malagueño, () is a Spanish football team based in Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1990, it is the reserve team of Málaga CF, and currently plays in , holding home ...

, in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. In July 2011 he was loaned to

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

, with the

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club having an option to buy at the end of the season. Díaz made his official debut for Hércules on 7 September 2011, in a 3–2 home win against

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of the Valencian Community. Founded in 1928, it plays in , holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a capacity of 4,850 seats. Hi ...

in the second round in the

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

(a 3–0 loss was awarded later), and he played his first league match on the 16th, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Adrián Sardinero in the 2–1 home victory over

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.2–1. Un Hércules en inferioridad remonta ante el Barcelona B (2–1. Undermanned Hércules come back from behind against Barcelona B)

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, 16 September 2011 (in Spanish)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Sergio 1991 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Málaga Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Tercera Federación players Atlético Malagueño players Málaga CF players Hércules CF players SD Huesca footballers RCD Mallorca B players Real Oviedo players Córdoba CF B players UD Melilla footballers Vélez CF players Antequera CF footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen