Diego García (footballer, born 1990)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Bravo.

Diego García Bravo (born 13 January 1990), known simply as Diego, is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Gijón Industrial as a goalkeeper.

Diego

Personal information
Full name	Diego García Bravo
Date of birth	(1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Gijón Industrial
Youth career
2005–2006	Oviedo ACF
2006–2009	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Zaragoza B
2010–2011	Almería B	14	(0)
2011–2013	Almería	0	(0)
2013–2015	Ponferradina	0	(0)
2014	→ Elche B (loan)	12	(0)
2015	Alcoyano	7	(0)
2015–2016	Olímpic Xàtiva	39	(0)
2017–2019	Sanluqueño	64	(0)
2019	Moralo	18	(0)
2019–2020	Alcobendas Sport	8	(0)
2020	Horta	1	(0)
2021	Vestri	4	(0)
2022–	Gijón Industrial	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:45, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Diego spent three years in Real Madrid's youth system, leaving the club in 2009. Subsequently, he signed with Deportivo Aragón, playing one season in the Tercera División.^[1]

Diego joined UD Almería in the 2010 off-season, spending his first year with the reserves in the Segunda División B as backup.^[2] He was promoted to the first team after Diego Alves' departure to Valencia CF in the summer of 2011.^[3]

Diego made his official debut for the Andalusians on 7 September 2011, in a 2–0 extra time home win against CD Guadalajara in the second round of the Copa del Rey.^[4] In June 2013, he was released after failing to appear in a single league match. The following month, he signed a two-year contract with SD Ponferradina also from Segunda División.^[5]

On 26 January 2014, Diego was loaned to Elche CF Ilicitano of the third tier until June.^[6] On 21 January of the following year, he cut ties with Ponfe after failing to make any competitive appearances,^[7] and moved to third-division side CD Alcoyano two days later.^[8]

Subsequently, Diego took his game to the Spanish amateur leagues.^[9][10] He also had a very brief spell in Iceland with Vestri.^[11]

References

1. El trabajo de la portería (Work in goal); Heraldo de Aragón, 8 July 2009 (in Spanish)
2. El derbi le dejó al Almería B, además del 'palo', cuatro bajas por las tarjetas (Derby left Almería B, other than the 'blow', four out due to bookings); Ideal, 25 January 2011 (in Spanish)
3. La hora de Esteban (Esteban's time); El País, 30 September 2011 (in Spanish)
4. U.D. Almería 2–0 C.D. Guadalajara; CD Guadalajara, 7 September 2011 (in Spanish)
5. Diego García ficha por la Ponferradina por dos temporadas (Diego García signs with Ponferradina for two seasons); El Bierzo Digital, 5 July 2013 (in Spanish)
6. La Ponferradina cede al portero Diego García al Elche Ilicitano (Ponferradina loan goalkeeper Diego García to Elche Ilicitano); Diario de León, 26 January 2014 (in Spanish)
7. Diego García se desvincula de la Ponferradina (Diego García cuts ties with Ponferradina) Archived 24 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine; SD Ponferradina, 21 January 2015 (in Spanish)
8. El asturiano Diego García, al Alcoyano (Asturian Diego García, to Alcoyano); El Comercio, 23 January 2015 (in Spanish)
9. El Moralo ficha al portero Diego García (Moralo sign goalkeeper Diego García); Hoy, 29 March 2019 (in Spanish)
10. El asturiano Diego García oporta [sic] experiencia a la escuadra pontanesa (Asturian Diego García brings experience to pontanesa squad); Gol Sur, 1 June 2020 (in Spanish)
11. El Indus refuerza su portería (Indus bolster their goal); Fútbol Asturiano, 7 April 2022 (in Spanish)

External links

• Diego at BDFutbol
• Diego at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Diego at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
• Diego at Soccerway