Diego Zabala

Diego Zabala
Personal information
Full name Diego Martín Zabala Morales
Date of birth (1991-09-19) September 19, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Nacional
Number 22
Youth career
Racing Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2017 Racing Montevideo 115 (13)
2016–2017 → Vélez Sarsfield (loan) 33 (6)
2017–2019 Unión Santa Fe 50 (11)
2019–2021 Rosario Central 55 (4)
2022– Nacional 35 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:08, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zabala and the second or maternal family name is Morales.

Diego Martín Zabala Morales (born 19 September 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Nacional in the Uruguayan Primera División.

Career

Zabala started his career playing for Racing Club de Montevideo in 2011. He helped his team to a second-place finish in the 2014 Apertura tournament, although the team finished last in the immediately following 2015 Clausura.

The Uruguayan midfielder joined Vélez Sarsfield on loan for the 2016 Argentine Primera División. He debuted in a 0–1 defeat to Arsenal de Sarandí for the sixth fixture.[1] Zabala scored his first two goals for the team in the tenth fixture, helping Vélez comeback in the game to defeat Rosario Central 3–2.[2]

Career statistics

As of match played on 25 February 2018[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing 2010–11 Uruguayan Primera División 9 1 0 0 — 9 1
2011–12 12 1 0 0 — 12 1
2012–13 20 2 0 0 — 20 2
2013–14 30 3 0 0 — 30 3
2014–15 29 5 0 0 — 29 5
2015–16 15 1 0 0 — 15 1
Total 115 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 13
Vélez Sarsfield (loan) 2016 Argentine Primera División 6 2 1 0 — 7 2
2016–17 27 4 0 0 — 27 4
Total 33 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 6
Unión Santa Fe (loan) 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 17 4 1 0 — 18 4
Career totals 165 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 167 23

References

  1. ^ "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  2. ^ "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  3. ^ Diego Zabala at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2018.