Diego José García Moreno[lower-alpha 1] (born 29 July 1997), known as Diego García, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego José García Moreno | ||
Date of birth | (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Seville, Spain | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Betis | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Betis B | 13 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Sevilla C | 41 | (7) |
2018–2020 | Sevilla B | 55 | (1) |
2020- | Córdoba B | 20 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2021 |
Born in Seville, Andalusia, García finished his formation with Real Betis. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 26 April 2015, starting in a 6–0 home routing over Lucena CF in the Segunda División B championship.[1]
On 31 January 2017, after failing to make an appearance during the first half of the campaign, García terminated his contract with Betis,[2] and signed for city rivals Sevilla FC's C-team the following day.[3] On 14 May, he scored his first senior goal by netting his team's second in a 2–3 Tercera División away loss against CA Antoniano.[4]
García made his professional debut with the reserves on 13 May 2018, starting in a 1–0 home win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the Segunda División championship.[5]