Diego Alberto Gama García (born 14 January 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cafetaleros de Chiapas.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Alberto Gama García | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Toluca, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Chihuahua | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2014 | Toluca | ||
| 2014–2015 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Toluca | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Potros UAEM (loan) | 26 | (3) |
| 2018 | Real Zamora | 12 | (3) |
| 2019 | La Piedad | 12 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Tlaxcala | 49 | (13) |
| 2021–2022 | Chiapas | 31 | (21) |
| 2022– | Chihuahua | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Mexico U20 | 5 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2016 | |||
Diego began his football career at his home town team Toluca in 2010. He progressed through the ranks having successful seasons with the affiliate teams until he was called up to the senior team in 2014. He made his first appearance with the first team August 6, 2014 in a Cup match against Mérida coming in as a substitute for Carlos Esquivel at half time, the match ended in a 1-1 draw,[3] with Gama disputing 45' minutes of the game. Four days later he made his league debut with Toluca on August 10, 2014 under coach José Cardozo against Leones Negros coming in as a substitute for Lucas Lobos in the 74' minute of the game, the match ended in a 0-0 draw, with Gama participating in 16 minutes of the game.
On August 12, 2014 Toluca agreed to loan Diego Gama to Atlético Madrid for one season.[4][5][6][7] He was assigned to play with Atlético Madrid Juvenil A, the Under-19 affiliate at the club, for the 2014-15 season in the División de Honor. Diego made his competitive debut in Europe during the 2014-15 UEFA Youth League against Malmö FF on November 4, 2014. Coming in as a substitute for Roberto Núñez in the 71' minute of the match. Just 8' minutes in Diego managed to score; breaking the tie, and ending the game 2-1 in favor for Atletico Madrid. With this game Atletico advanced to the playoffs.[8][9] Gama finished the season with a further 6 goals in league play. Atlético did not pick up the purchase option in Gama's contract at the end of the season.
After spending one year with Atlético Madrid Juvenil A, Diego Gama returned to Toluca to play in the Liga MX. He was given the number 17 shirt.[10] He made his first return appearance on July 25, 2015 during the season opener against Tigres, coming in as a substitute for Enrique Triverio in the 76th minute of the game, Toluca won the match 1-0.
On his under-20 world cup debut in the 2015 tournament, Gama was sent off in the game for an off-the-ball incident. Mexico lost the match 2-0 to Mali.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mexico | League | Copa MX | North America | South America | Total | |||||||
| Toluca | 2014–15 | Liga MX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
Deportivo Toluca F.C. – current squad | |
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