Diego Alende

Diego Alende
Personal information
Full name Diego Alende López
Date of birth (1997-08-25) 25 August 1997
Place of birth Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Celta B
Youth career
Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Celta B 13 (0)
2015– Celta 1 (0)
National team‡
2016 Spain U19 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alende and the second or maternal family name is López.

Diego Alende López (born 25 August 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Celta de Vigo B as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Alende played youth football with local Celta de Vigo, signing a new five-year deal on 11 August 2015.[1] He made his senior debut with the B-team on 20 September of that year, starting in a 6–1 home routing of Arandina CF for the Segunda División B championship.[2]

Alende made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 5 December 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for goalscorer Theo Bongonda in a 1–1 away draw against Real Betis.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "El Celta renueva a los canteranos Pape, Diego Alende y De Paz" [Celta renews the youth players Pape, Diego Alende and De Paz] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "El Celta B abusa de la Arandina" [Celta B abuses of Arandina] (in Spanish). Diario de Burgos. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "El Betis se queda a medias" [Betis goes only halfway] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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