Diego Zabala

Diego Zabala
Personal information
Full name Diego Martín Zabala Morales
Date of birth (1991-09-19) September 19, 1991
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current team
Vélez Sarsfield
Number 29
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Racing (M) 115 (13)
2016–Vélez Sarsfield (loan) 10 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:08, 16 October 2016 (UTC).


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zabala and the second or maternal family name is Morales.

Diego Martín Zabala Morales (born 19 September 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Vélez Sarsfield in the Argentine Primera División.

Career

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]

References

  1. "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  2. "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
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