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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Diego Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 June 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Flamengo | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2015 | Liverpool Montevideo | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Liverpool Montevideo | 35 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2023 | River Plate | 137 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Flamengo | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2012 | Uruguay U17 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Uruguay U18 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Uruguay U20 | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Uruguay | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2024 |
Diego Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa (born 1 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Flamengo and the Uruguay national team. [2]
On 15 August 2017, de la Cruz joined Argentinian club River Plate, signing a four-year contract. [3]
On 24 December 2023, it was announced that de la Cruz would join Brazilian club Flamengo at the start of the 2024 season, signing a four-year contract. [4] [5]
De la Cruz began his international career for Uruguay with under-17 team. [6] 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. [7]
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. [8] 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. [9]
De la Cruz is the half-brother of former Uruguayan international footballer Carlos Sánchez. [10] Their nephew Facundo Trinidad is also a professional footballer. All three of them are youth academy graduates of Liverpool Montevideo. [11]
In 2022 he obtained Argentine citizenship. [12]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 2015–16 | Uruguayan Primera División | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
2016 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||
2017 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
Total | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | ||
River Plate | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
2018–19 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 8 [c] | 3 | 30 | 4 | ||
2019–20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 [b] | 3 | 1 [d] | 1 | 35 | 8 | ||
2021 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | ||
2022 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 [b] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 6 | ||
2023 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 [b] | 1 | 1 [d] | 0 | 38 | 7 | ||
Total | 137 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 214 | 36 | ||
Flamengo | 2024 | Série A | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 [b] | 0 | 11 [e] | 0 | 25 | 2 |
Career total | 179 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 275 | 46 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Uruguay | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
2021 | 8 | 0 | |
2022 | 7 | 2 | |
2023 | 6 | 3 | |
2024 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 29 | 5 |
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 |
3 | 8 September 2023 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 3–1 | |||||
5 | 17 October 2023 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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