| Diego Zabala | |
| Fullname: | Diego Martín Zabala Morales |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Right winger |
| Currentclub: | Nacional |
| Clubnumber: | 22 |
| Youthclubs1: | Racing Montevideo |
| Years1: | 2011–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Racing Montevideo |
| Caps1: | 115 |
| Goals1: | 13 |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | → Vélez Sarsfield (loan) |
| Caps2: | 33 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Unión Santa Fe |
| Caps3: | 50 |
| Goals3: | 11 |
| Years4: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs4: | Rosario Central |
| Caps4: | 55 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2022– |
| Clubs5: | Nacional |
| Caps5: | 35 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Club-Update: | 18:08, 3 January 2023 (UTC) |
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.
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]
| 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 | |||