| Nacho Díez | |
| Position: | Forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 7 |
| Weight Lbs: | 189 |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Birth Date: | 23 April 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| College: | Bloomfield College |
| Career Start: | 2018 |
| Years1: | 2018–2019 |
| Team1: | Fundación Lucentum |
Ignacio "Nacho" Díez de la Faya (born 23 April 1996) is a Spanish professional basketball player.
He is brother of Dani Díez, a Real Madrid basketball player.
Díez started his playing career in the Adecco Estudiantes, team that he left to join the U-14 Real Madrid Baloncesto in 2009. In his first seasons with Real Madrid, he obtained the Madrid Infantil (U-14) Championship in 2010 and the Madrid Cadete (U-16) Championship in 2012, being selected as the team's MVP.
In 2012 he joined Real Madrid Baloncesto junior team. In April 2013 they won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship by defeating Asefa Estudiantes in the final.[1] A month later, they reached the third position in the Spanish Junior (U-18) Championship.[2]
During the 2013/14 season he was appointed as Real Madrid junior team's captain. In January 2014, they won the prestigious Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (NIJT),[3] a championship that Real Madrid hadn't won since 2006.[4]
On 13 April 2014 Real Madrid junior team again won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship, by defeating Estudiantes and Torrelodones in the Final Four.[5]
On 10 May 2014 Real Madrid won the 2014 Spain Junior (U-18) Championship,[6] a title that they hadn't obtained for 14 years.[7]
Spain Estudiantes
Spain U-18 Junior Real Madrid Baloncesto
United States Bloomfield CollegeIn April 2014 he played with Under-18 Spanish national team at Barakaldo Tournament. Later that month, he was preselected to participate in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, to be played during summer 2014 at Konya (Turkey).[8]