Personal information | |
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Born | Madrid, Spain | 23 April 1996
Nationality | Spanish |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 189 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Bloomfield College |
Playing career | 2018–present |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
2018–2019 | Fundación Lucentum |
Ignacio "Nacho" Díez de la Faya (born 23 April 1996) is a Spanish professional basketball player.
He is brother of Dani Díez, a Real Madrid basketball player.
Díez started his playing career in the Adecco Estudiantes, team that he left to join the U-14 Real Madrid Baloncesto in 2009. In his first seasons with Real Madrid, he obtained the Madrid Infantil (U-14) Championship in 2010 and the Madrid Cadete (U-16) Championship in 2012, being selected as the team's MVP.
In 2012 he joined Real Madrid Baloncesto junior team. In April 2013 they won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship by defeating Asefa Estudiantes in the final. [1] A month later, they reached the third position in the Spanish Junior (U-18) Championship. [2]
During the 2013/14 season he was appointed as Real Madrid junior team's captain. In January 2014, they won the prestigious Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (NIJT), [3] a championship that Real Madrid hadn't won since 2006. [4]
On 13 April 2014 Real Madrid junior team again won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship, by defeating Estudiantes and Torrelodones in the Final Four. [5]
On 10 May 2014 Real Madrid won the 2014 Spain Junior (U-18) Championship, [6] a title that they hadn't obtained for 14 years. [7]
In April 2014 he played with Under-18 Spanish national team at Barakaldo Tournament. Later that month, he was preselected to participate in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, to be played during summer 2014 at Konya ( Turkey). [8]