Nicolás de la Cruz
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| Full name | Diego Nicolás De La Cruz Arcosa | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1997 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo , Uruguay | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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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 | 81 | (14) | |||||||||||||
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| 2012 | Uruguay U17 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Uruguay U18 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Uruguay U20 | 26 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2020– | Uruguay | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:58, 21 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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]
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 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 14 October 2021[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Uruguay | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
Honours[]
River Plate
References[]
- ^ a b Nicolás de la Cruz at Soccerway
- ^ "11 - Nicolás De La Cruz - AUF". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Sudamericano Sub-20 2017". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "26 futbolistas reservados del exterior para el debut en las Eliminatorias". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Uruguay venció 2-1 a Chile en el estadio Centenario". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "El uruguayo Nicolás de la Cruz, hermano de Carlos Sánchez, ficha por River" [Uruguayan Nicolás de la Cruz, brother of Carlos Sánchez, signs for River] (in Spanish). EFE. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Facundo Trinidad firmó contrato". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
External links[]
- Nicolás de la Cruz at WorldFootball.net
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay under-20 international footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Sportspeople from Montevideo
- Association football forwards
- 2021 Copa América players
- Uruguayan football forward, 1990s birth stubs