Diego Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa (born 1 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Argentine club River Plate and the Uruguay national team.[1]
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![]() De la Cruz with Uruguay U20 in 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Diego Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 25) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | River Plate | |||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2015 | Liverpool Montevideo | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Liverpool Montevideo | 35 | (8) | |||||||||||||
2017– | River Plate | 109 | (17) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Uruguay U17 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Uruguay U18 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Uruguay U20 | 26 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2020– | Uruguay | 17 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 |
De la Cruz began his international career for Uruguay with under-17 team.[2] He was captain of Uruguay under-20 team which won 2017 South American U-20 Championship and reached semi-finals of 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3]
On 18 September 2020, de la Cruz was included in Uruguay's 26-men preliminary squad for World Cup qualifying matches against Chile and Ecuador.[4] He was later included in the final squad and made his senior debut on 8 October 2020 in Uruguay's 2–1 win against Chile. He started the match and played 55 minutes before getting replaced by Nahitan Nández.[5]
De la Cruz is the half-brother of former Uruguayan international footballer Carlos Sánchez.[6] Their nephew Facundo Trinidad is also a professional footballer. All three of them are youth academy graduates of Liverpool Montevideo.[7]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Uruguay | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
2021 | 8 | 0 | |
2022 | 5 | 2 | |
Total | 17 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 11 June 2022 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | ![]() | 3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
2 | 27 September 2022 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate – current squad | |
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