Diego Cascón
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Cascón Sandoval | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | León, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Melilla | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cultural Leonesa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Cultural B | ||
| 2003–2007 | Cultural Leonesa | 80 | (18) |
| 2007–2008 | Badalona | 35 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Poli Ejido | 29 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | Alcorcón | 32 | (8) |
| 2010–2011 | Eibar | 23 | (4) |
| 2011–2014 | Jaén | 72 | (20) |
| 2014 | Kitchee | 9 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | América Cali | 13 | (0) |
| 2015– | Melilla | 39 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2016 | |||
Diego Cascón Sandoval (born 7 June 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Melilla as a forward.
Football career
Cascón was born in León, Castile and León. He spent his first 11 seasons as a senior in Segunda División B, amassing totals of 260 games and 55 goals for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,[1] CF Badalona, Polideportivo Ejido, AD Alcorcón – with these two teams, he eliminated Villarreal CF and Real Madrid respectively from the Copa del Rey –[2]SD Eibar[3] and Real Jaén.[4]
Whilst with the latter club, Cascón solicited the services of a sorcerer in April 2013 in an attempt to end a negative scoring drought, feeling he was a victim of the evil eye.[5] He eventually netted eight goals in 31 matches, as the Andalusia side promoted and returned to Segunda División after 11 years.
Cascón made his professional debut on 18 August 2013 at the age of 29, in Jaén's 1–2 home defeat to SD Eibar for the second level season opener.[6] In February of the following year, after only a further ten league appearances and no goals, he moved abroad for the first time, joining a host of compatriots at Kitchee SC in Hong Kong.
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup[9] | Other[10] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cultural Leonesa | 2002–03 | Segunda División B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003–04 | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | Segunda División B | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | |
| 2006–07 | Segunda División B | 36 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12 | |
| Total | 80 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 18 | ||
| Badalona | 2007–08 | Segunda División B | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Total | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Poli Ejido | 2008–09 | Segunda División B | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5 |
| Total | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5 | ||
| Alcorcón | 2009–10 | Segunda División B | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 10 |
| Total | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 10 | ||
| Alcorcón | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| Total | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Jaén | 2011–12 | Segunda División B | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 13 |
| 2012–13 | Segunda División B | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 8 | |
| 2013–14 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 72 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 21 | ||
| Kitchee | 2013–14 | Hong Kong First Division | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | ||
| América Cali | 2014 | Categoría Primera B | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 290 | 60 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 329 | 64 | ||
References
- ^ "Diego Cascón: "A la Cultural la llevo dentro"". Diario de León (in Spanish). 11 February 2003. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "El azote leonés de Pellegrini". La Crónica de León (in Spanish). 29 October 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Diego Cascón, ilusionado por lograr el ascenso con su nuevo equipo, el Eibar". El Correo (in Spanish). 1 September 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "El delantero Diego Cascón, nuevo fichaje" (in Spanish). RealJaén.net. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Diego Cascón recurre a una hechicera" (in Spanish). LeoNoticias. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "El Jaén muere en la orilla". Marca (in Spanish). 18 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Cascón: Diego Cascón Sandoval". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Diego Cascón". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ Includes Copa del Rey, Hong Kong Senior Shield and Hong Kong FA Cup
- ^ Includes Promotion play-offs and Relegation play-offs
External links
- Diego Cascón at BDFutbol
- Diego Cascón at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from León, Spain
- Spanish footballers
- Castilian-Leonese footballers
- Association football forwards
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Cultural Leonesa footballers
- CF Badalona players
- Polideportivo Ejido footballers
- AD Alcorcón footballers
- SD Eibar footballers
- Real Jaén footballers
- UD Melilla footballers
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Kitchee SC players
- América de Cali footballers
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
- Expatriate footballers in Colombia