Diego Pampín | |
Fullname: | Diego Varela Pampín |
Birth Date: | 15 March 2000 |
Birth Place: | Oleiros, Spain |
Height: | 1.75 m[1] |
Position: | Left-back |
Currentclub: | Levante |
Youthclubs1: | Ural |
Youthclubs2: | Victoria |
Youthyears3: | 2014–2017 |
Youthclubs3: | Celta |
Years1: | 2017–2022 |
Clubs1: | Celta B |
Caps1: | 128 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Years2: | 2022–2024 |
Clubs2: | Andorra |
Caps2: | 65 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2024– |
Clubs3: | Levante |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
Nationalteam1: | Spain U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
Nationalteam2: | Spain U19 |
Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 8 June 2024 |
Diego Varela Pampín (born 15 March 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Levante UD.
Born in Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia, Pampín joined RC Celta de Vigo's youth sides in 2014, after representing Victoria CF and Ural CF.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves at the age of just 17 on 20 August 2017, starting in a 2–1 Segunda División B home win over Pontevedra CF.
Pampín scored his first senior goal on 27 October 2018, netting the opener for the B's in a 1–1 away draw against Unionistas de Salamanca CF.[3] A regular starter for the B-team in the following seasons, he left on 1 July after his contract expired.[4]
On 8 July 2022, free agent Pampín signed a two-year deal with Segunda División newcomers FC Andorra.[5] He made his professional debut on 29 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Martí Vilà in a 2–0 away loss against UD Las Palmas.[6]
Pampín scored his first professional goal on 10 September 2023, netting his team's third in a 4–3 away loss to CD Mirandés. The following 22 July, after the Tricolors relegation, he moved to fellow second division side Levante UD on a one-year contract.[7]