Loading AI tools
Uruguayan footballer (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diego Ifrán Sala (born 8 June 1987) is an Uruguayan footballer who retired in 2016. He used to play as a forward.
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Diego Ifrán Sala | ||
Date of birth | 8 June 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Cerro Chato, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Cristal | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Fénix | 50 | (19) |
2008–2010 | Danubio | 45 | (27) |
2010–2015 | Real Sociedad | 52 | (5) |
2014 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 11 | (4) |
2014–2015 | → Tenerife (loan) | 28 | (11) |
2015–2016 | Peñarol | 19 | (4) |
2016 | Sporting Cristal | 21 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2015 |
Born in Cerro Chato, Ifrán began his career with Fénix, where he played between 2006 and 2008. In the 2008 summer he moved to local giants Danubio.
On 13 August 2010 Ifrán signed a five-year deal with Real Sociedad, despite being sidelined due to a severe knee injury.[1] He made his debut on 7 March of the following year, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–2 loss at Deportivo de La Coruña.[2] His first goal came on 3 April, but in a 1–3 home loss against Hércules CF.[3]
On 8 July 2013 Ifrán suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury,[4] being sidelined until January of the following year.[5] On 19 March 2014 he was loaned to Deportivo until June.[6]
On 1 August 2014 Ifrán moved to fellow Segunda División side CD Tenerife, also in a temporary deal.[7] On 2 July 2015, he joined Peñarol.[8]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.