Iago Díaz

Iago Díaz
Personal information
Full name Iago Díaz Fernández
Date of birth (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Almería
Number 7
Youth career
2000–2007 Prone Lugo
2007–2011 Lugo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Lugo 109 (12)
2015– Almería 20 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Iago Díaz Fernández (born 10 February 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UD Almería mainly as a left winger.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Díaz joined CD Lugo's youth setup in 2007, aged 14, after starting it out at Prone Lugo AD.[1] In late 2011, he made his debut as a senior with the former, coming on as a late substitute for Félix Quero in a 2–2 away draw against Rayo Vallecano B for the Segunda División B championship.[2]

Díaz scored his first goal on 4 March of the following year, netting his side's last in a 2–2 home draw against another reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B.[3] He finished the season with 13 games as the Galicians promoted to Segunda División for the second time in their history, and signed a new three-year contract in the summer.[4]

Díaz made his debut as a professional on 18 August 2012, replacing Diego Tonetto in a 1–0 home win against Hércules CF.[5] He scored his first goal in the second level on 17 November, but in a 1–2 home loss to Girona FC.[6]

On 22 March 2014, Díaz scored the first in a 2–0 home win against Recreativo de Huelva, being also the club's 100th goal in division two.[7] On 20 December, he contributed with a brace to a 6–6 draw at CD Numancia.[8]

On 8 June 2015, Díaz signed a three-year deal with UD Almería also in the second tier.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "De crack del fútbol sala a niño prodigio en Segunda B" [From futsal star to wonderkid in Segunda B] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Empate del filial ante el Lugo (2–2)" [B-side draw against Lugo (2–2)] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 4 December 2011. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "El Montañeros no estaba muerto" [Montañeros was not dead] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Iago Díaz renueva su compromiso" [Iago Díaz renews his contract] (in Spanish). Albivermello. 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Manu se empeña en escribir la historia lucense" [Manu determined to write Lugo's history] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "El Girona sigue a lo suyo y se acuesta como líder de Segunda" [Girona keeps own pace and goes to bed as Segunda leader] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "El Lugo ya es centenario" [Lugo is already centenary] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Bendita locura para despedir el año en Soria" [Heavenly madness to say goodbye to year in Soria] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Iago Díaz, el primero en llegar al nuevo proyecto del Almería que busca volver a Primera" [Iago Díaz, first to arrive at Almería's new project who seeks to return to Primera] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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