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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Nicolás de la Cruz

De la Cruz with Uruguay U20 in 2017
Personal information
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 Men's football Representing  Uruguay South American U-20 Championship Winner 2017 Ecuador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

International career

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]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 23 September 2022[1]

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each de la Cruz goal.

List of international goals scored by Nicolás de la Cruz

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 June 2022	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Panama	3–0	5–0	Friendly
2	27 September 2022	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	Canada	1–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

River Plate

• Copa Argentina: 2017
• Supercopa Argentina: 2018
• Copa Libertadores: 2018
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2019

References

External links

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[fr] Nicolás de la Cruz

[it] Nicolás De La Cruz

[ru] Де ла Крус, Николас