Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Chávez Collins | ||
Date of birth | 11 May 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico | ||
Date of death | 14 February 2024 | (aged 28)||
Place of death | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2015 | Veracruz | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2015–2019 | Veracruz | 92 | (17) |
2016–2017 | → Juárez (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2020 | Necaxa | 7 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Salamanca | 23 | (5) |
2021 | Toluca | 10 | (2) |
2022 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 29 | (3) |
2023–2024 | Juárez | 26 | (2) |
Total | 204 | (31) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Diego Chávez Collins (11 May 1995 – 14 February 2024) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a forward. [1]
On 11 August 2015, Chávez made his official debut in the Liga MX with Veracruz against Club Tijuana in an away game celebrated in the Estadio Caliente. He came on as a substitute in the 75th minute and scored the third goal for the Tiburones; the game ended-up 3–1 to Veracruz.
Chávez died on 14 February 2024 after crashing his car into a lamppost in Ciudad Juárez. He was 28. [2]