Diego Camacho (footballer) explained

Diego Camacho
Fullname:Diego Camacho Quesada
Birth Date:3 October 1976
Height:1.860NaN0
Position:Defensive midfielder
Years1:1995–1996
Years2:1996
Years3:1996–1997
Years4:1997–1998
Years5:1998–2000
Years6:1998
Years7:2000–2001
Years8:2001–2002
Years9:2002–2004
Years10:2004–2008
Years11:2007–2008
Years12:2008–2010
Years13:2010–2011
Clubs1:Móstoles
Clubs3:Burgos
Clubs6:Murcia (loan)
Clubs11:Valladolid (loan)
Clubs13:Albacete
Caps1:17
Caps2:0
Caps3:25
Caps4:25
Caps5:53
Caps6:13
Caps7:36
Caps8:31
Caps9:62
Caps10:100
Caps11:9
Caps12:54
Caps13:15
Totalcaps:440
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:1
Goals4:1
Goals5:3
Goals6:0
Goals7:2
Goals8:4
Goals9:3
Goals10:6
Goals11:0
Goals12:1
Goals13:0
Totalgoals:21

Diego Camacho Quesada (born 3 October 1976) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

A late bloomer – he was still playing lower league football at almost 26 – he represented 12 clubs in his career. Over six seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 154 matches and four goals, mainly with Levante and Sporting de Gijón (two years apiece).

Club career

Born in Madrid, Camacho spent the early part of his career with modest clubs in the third division. For the 2002–03 season, however, he signed with La Liga side Recreativo de Huelva, from Granada CF; he made his debut in the competition on 14 September 2002 in a 0–3 away loss against Valencia CF,[1] as Recre were finally relegated.

In 2004, Camacho joined newly promoted Levante UD and, after experiencing one top-flight promotion and relegation with them, he was loaned to another recently promoted team, Real Valladolid, for 2007–08.[2] After appearing scarcely during the campaign he proceeded to move to Sporting de Gijón (also promoted to the top level), in a 1+1 years deal.[3]

On 23 May 2009, in one of his 31 league appearances, defensive-minded Camacho scored a rare but crucial goal in a 2–1 win at former side Valladolid,[4] as the Asturias team eventually avoided relegation. He featured slightly less in the following season with Sporting finishing in 15th position, again good enough to prevent a drop, and was released at the age of 33.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://elpais.com/diario/2002/09/15/deportes/1032040818_850215.html El Valencia gana con facilidad a un Recreativo muy plano (Valencia win easily against rather plane Recreativo)
  2. http://www.levanteud.com/es/info/diego-camacho-cedido-al-valladolid Diego Camacho cedido al Valladolid (Diego Camacho loaned to Valladolid)
  3. http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/sporting/es/desarrollo/1152933.html Diego Camacho es el cuarto refuerzo del Sporting (Diego Camacho is Sporting's fourth addition)
  4. https://archive.today/20130103074642/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252932?cc=5739 Valladolid 1–2 Sporting Gijón
  5. https://www.lne.es/deportes/2010/11/19/pivote-diego-camacho-ficha-albacete/996525.html El pivote Diego Camacho ficha por el Albacete (Holding midfielder Diego Camacho signs for Albacete)