| Diego Medina | |
| Fullname: | Diego Leonardo Medina |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1991 |
| Birth Place: | San Isidro, Argentina |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Estudiantes SL |
| Years1: | 2009–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Deportivo Armenio |
| Caps1: | 108 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Years2: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs2: | → San Telmo (loan) |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2015 |
| Clubs3: | → Ferro Carril Oeste (loan) |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2016 |
| Clubs4: | → Almagro (loan) |
| Caps4: | 18 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs5: | → Instituto (loan) |
| Caps5: | 25 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs6: | → Flandria (loan) |
| Caps6: | 20 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs7: | Defensores de Belgrano |
| Caps7: | 15 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs8: | Deportivo Armenio |
| Caps8: | 37 |
| Goals8: | 7 |
| Years9: | 2022– |
| Clubs9: | Estudiantes SL |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 07:31, 20 August 2022 (UTC) |
Diego Leonardo Medina (born 16 December 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Estudiantes San Luis.[1]
Medina started his career with Deportivo Armenio.[2] He was with the club between 2009 and 2018, netting ten goals in one hundred and eight Primera B Metropolitana matches.[1] [2] In that time, he was loaned out five times, firstly joining San Telmo for 2012–13; making fifteen appearances as they were relegated.[1] Primera B Nacional side Ferro Carril Oeste signed Medina on loan in January 2015.[1] [3] He scored his first goal on 22 September against Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1] Medina spent the first half of 2016 with Almagro, scoring goals versus Boca Unidos, Atlético Paraná, Douglas Haig, Brown and Juventud Unida Universitario.[1]
For the rest of 2016, Medina joined fellow second tier team Instituto on loan.[1] One goal in twenty-five league fixtures followed, as Instituto finished sixth.[1] His final loan away from his parent club was confirmed on 15 August 2017, with the forward signing for Flandria.[1] [4] He suffered his second career relegation, after they placed twenty-fourth with Medina playing twenty times and scoring twice.[1] In July 2018, Medina departed Deportivo Armenio permanently after he agreed a move to Defensores de Belgrano of Primera B Nacional.[1] [5] He made his debut on 24 July during a 4–1 Copa Argentina defeat to Atlético de Rafaela.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[6] | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Deportivo Armenio | 2013–14 | Primera B Metropolitana | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |||
| 2014 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 54 | 5 | |||||
| San Telmo (loan) | 2012–13 | Primera B Metropolitana | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Ferro Carril Oeste (loan) | 2015 | Primera B Nacional | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[7] | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
| Almagro (loan) | 2016 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | ||||
| Instituto (loan) | 2016–17 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||||
| Flandria (loan) | 2017–18 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||||
| Defensores de Belgrano | 2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 163 | 14 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 170 | 14 | |||||