Diego Chávez | |
Full Name: | Diego Chávez Collins |
Birth Date: | 11 May 1995 |
Birth Place: | Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
Death Place: | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Height: | 1.75 m |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | 2011–2015 |
Youthclubs1: | Veracruz |
Years1: | 2015–2019 |
Clubs1: | Veracruz |
Caps1: | 92 |
Goals1: | 17 |
Years2: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs2: | → Juárez (loan) |
Caps2: | 17 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2020 |
Clubs3: | Necaxa |
Caps3: | 7 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs4: | Salamanca |
Caps4: | 23 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Years5: | 2021 |
Clubs5: | Toluca |
Caps5: | 10 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 2022 |
Clubs6: | Carlos A. Mannucci |
Caps6: | 29 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Years7: | 2023–2024 |
Clubs7: | Juárez |
Caps7: | 26 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Totalcaps: | 204 |
Totalgoals: | 31 |
Diego Chávez Collins (11 May 1995 – 14 February 2024) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a forward.[1]
On 11 August 2015, Chávez made his official debut in the Liga MX with Veracruz against Club Tijuana in an away game celebrated in the Estadio Caliente. He came on as a substitute in the 75th minute and scored the third goal for the Tiburones; the game ended-up 3–1 to Veracruz.
Chávez died on 14 February 2024 after crashing his car into a lamppost in Ciudad Juárez. He was 28.[2]