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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]
 De la Cruz with Uruguay U20 in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Uruguay U17 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Uruguay U18 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Uruguay U20 | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Uruguay | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
River Plate edit
On 15 August 2017, de la Cruz joined Argentinian club River Plate, signing a four-year contract.[3]
Flamengo edit
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]
International career edit
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]
Personal life edit
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]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 14 April 2024[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 2015–16 | Uruguayan Primera División | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 2016 | Uruguayan Primera División | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | |
| 2017 | Uruguayan Primera División | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | |
| Total | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | ||
| River Plate | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2[b] | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 30 | 4 | |
| 2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12[b] | 3 | 1[d] | 1 | 35 | 8 | |
| 2020–21 | Argentine Primera División | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11[b] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | |
| 2021 | Argentine Primera División | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | |
| 2022 | Argentine Primera División | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 6 | |
| 2023 | Argentine Primera División | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| Total | 126 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 198 | 31 | ||
| Flamengo | 2024 | Série A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 0 | 11[e] | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Career total | 162 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 247 | 40 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ a b c d e f g h Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup and Recopa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in Supercopa Argentina
- ^ Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
International edit
- As of match played 26 March 2024[2]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each de la Cruz goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 June 2022 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Panama |
3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 27 September 2022 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia |  Canada |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 8 September 2023 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Chile |
1–0 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 3–1 | |||||
| 5 | 17 October 2023 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |  Brazil |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours edit
Club edit
Liverpool
- Segunda División: 2014–15
River Plate
- Copa Argentina: 2017, 2019
- Supercopa Argentina: 2017, 2019
- Copa Libertadores: 2018
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2019
- Argentine Primera División: 2021, 2023
- Trofeo de Campeones: 2021, 2023
Flamengo
Uruguay
Individual edit
- Campeonato Carioca Team of the Season: 2024[14]
References edit
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b Nicolás de la Cruz at Soccerway
- ^ "Nicolás de la Cruz se sumó a River Plate". caRiverPlate.com.ar (in Spanish). 15 August 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "De La Cruz é presente de Natal para a Nação". Flamengo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Flamengo anuncia contratação de De La Cruz como presente de Natal: "Nação, tamo junto"". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "11 - Nicolás De La Cruz - AUF". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Sudamericano Sub-20 2017". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "26 futbolistas reservados del exterior para el debut en las Eliminatorias". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Uruguay venció 2-1 a Chile en el estadio Centenario". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "El uruguayo Nicolás de la Cruz, hermano de Carlos Sánchez, ficha por River" [Uruguayan Nicolás de la Cruz, brother of Carlos Sánchez, signs for River] (in Spanish). EFE. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Facundo Trinidad firmó contrato". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Festeja River: Nicolás de la Cruz se nacionalizó argentino y libera un cupo de extranjero". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Uruguay - N. de la Cruz - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Flamengo domina seleção do Campeonato Carioca: veja a escalação, o craque e a revelação" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge.globo. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa.
- Profile at the Uruguayan Football Association website (in Spanish)