Diego Medina (footballer, born 1991)

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Diego Medina
Personal information
Full name Diego Leonardo Medina
Date of birth (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 32) [1]
Place of birth San Isidro, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Estudiantes SL
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2018 Deportivo Armenio 108 (10)
2012–2013 → San Telmo (loan) 15 (0)
2015 → Ferro Carril Oeste (loan) 23 (1)
2016 → Almagro (loan) 18 (5)
2016–2017 → Instituto (loan) 25 (1)
2017–2018 → Flandria (loan) 20 (2)
2018–2019 Defensores de Belgrano 15 (0)
2019–2021 Deportivo Armenio 37 (7)
2022– Estudiantes SL 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:31, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Diego Leonardo Medina (born 16 December 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Estudiantes San Luis. [2]

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Career

Medina started his career with Deportivo Armenio. [1] He was with the club between 2009 and 2018, netting ten goals in one hundred and eight Primera B Metropolitana matches. [2] [1] In that time, he was loaned out five times, firstly joining San Telmo for 2012–13; making fifteen appearances as they were relegated. [2] Primera B Nacional side Ferro Carril Oeste signed Medina on loan in January 2015. [2] [3] He scored his first goal on 22 September against Gimnasia y Esgrima. [2] Medina spent the first half of 2016 with Almagro, scoring goals versus Boca Unidos, Atlético Paraná, Douglas Haig, Brown and Juventud Unida Universitario. [2]

For the rest of 2016, Medina joined fellow second tier team Instituto on loan. [2] One goal in twenty-five league fixtures followed, as Instituto finished sixth. [2] His final loan away from his parent club was confirmed on 15 August 2017, with the forward signing for Flandria. [2] [4] He suffered his second career relegation, after they placed twenty-fourth with Medina playing twenty times and scoring twice. [2] In July 2018, Medina departed Deportivo Armenio permanently after he agreed a move to Defensores de Belgrano of Primera B Nacional. [2] [5] He made his debut on 24 July during a 4–1 Copa Argentina defeat to Atlético de Rafaela. [2]

Career statistics

As of 17 December 2018. [2] [1]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Armenio 2013–14 Primera B Metropolitana 36210——00372
2014 16310——00173
Total52520——00545
San Telmo (loan) 2012–13 Primera B Metropolitana 15010——00160
Ferro Carril Oeste (loan) 2015 Primera B Nacional 23100——1 [lower-alpha 2] 0241
Almagro (loan) 2016 18510——00195
Instituto (loan) 2016–17 25100——00251
Flandria (loan) 2017–18 20210——00212
Defensores de Belgrano 2018–19 10010——00110
Career total1631460——1017014
  1. ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina
  2. ↑ One appearance in the 2015 Primera B Nacional play-offs

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ficha Estadistica de DIEGO MEDINA". BDFA. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Argentina - D. Medina". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bordonaro y Medina, los primeros refuerzos de Ferro". Interior Futbolero. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Flandria: Diego Medina es el sexto refuerzo". Tribuna Del Pueblo. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Fútbol profesional: pretemporada y refuerzos". Defensores de Belgrano. Retrieved 17 December 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
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