Nicolás de la Cruz
De la Cruz with Uruguay U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name Diego Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Flamengo
Number 18
Youth career
2009–2015 Liverpool Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Liverpool Montevideo 35 (8)
2017–2023 River Plate 134 (23)
2024– Flamengo 0 (0)
International career‡
2012 Uruguay U17 4 (1)
2015 Uruguay U18 6 (0)
2015–2017 Uruguay U20 26 (5)
2020– Uruguay 25 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
South American U-20 Championship
Winner2017 Ecuador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2023

Diego Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa (born 1 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Flamengo and the Uruguay national team.[2]

Club career

On 15 August 2017, de la Cruz joined Argentinian club River Plate, signing a four-year contract.[3]

On 24 December 2023, it was announced that de la Cruz would join Brazilian club Flamengo at the start of the 2024 season, signing a four-year contract.[4][5]

International career

De la Cruz began his international career for Uruguay with under-17 team.[6] He was captain of Uruguay under-20 team which won 2017 South American U-20 Championship and reached semi-finals of 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

On 18 September 2020, de la Cruz was included in Uruguay's 26-men preliminary squad for World Cup qualifying matches against Chile and Ecuador.[8] He was later included in the final squad and made his senior debut on 8 October 2020 in Uruguay's 2–1 win against Chile. He started the match and played 55 minutes before getting replaced by Nahitan Nández.[9]

Personal life

De la Cruz is the half-brother of former Uruguayan international footballer Carlos Sánchez.[10] Their nephew Facundo Trinidad is also a professional footballer. All three of them are youth academy graduates of Liverpool Montevideo.[11]

In 2022 he obtained Argentine citizenship.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 June 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool 2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
2016 Uruguayan Primera División 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9
2017 Uruguayan Primera División 7 3 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 8 5
Total 35 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 8
River Plate 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 14 0 4 0 0 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 20 0
2018–19 Argentine Primera División 17 1 3 0 4 3 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 30 4
2019–20 Argentine Primera División 17 4 5 0 0 0 12[lower-alpha 2] 3 1[lower-alpha 4] 1 35 8
2020–21 Argentine Primera División 7 3 1 0 0 0 11[lower-alpha 2] 3 0 0 19 6
2021 Argentine Primera División 22 5 1 0 0 0 7[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 30 5
2022 Argentine Primera División 32 4 3 0 0 0 7[lower-alpha 2] 2 0 0 42 6
2023 Argentine Primera División 17 1 1 0 0 0 4[lower-alpha 2] 1 0 0 22 3
Total 126 18 18 0 4 3 46 9 5 1 198 31
Career total 161 26 18 0 4 3 47 9 5 1 234 39

International

As of match played 21 November 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uruguay 202040
202180
202272
202363
Total255
Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each de la Cruz goal.
List of international goals scored by Nicolás de la Cruz
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
111 June 2022Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Panama3–05–0Friendly
227 September 2022Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Canada1–02–0Friendly
38 September 2023Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Chile1–03–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
43–1
517 October 2023Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Brazil2–02–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Liverpool

River Plate

Uruguay

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 Nicolás de la Cruz at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Nicolás de la Cruz se sumó a River Plate". caRiverPlate.com.ar (in Spanish). 15 August 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "De La Cruz é presente de Natal para a Nação". Flamengo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Flamengo anuncia contratação de De La Cruz como presente de Natal: "Nação, tamo junto"". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "11 - Nicolás De La Cruz - AUF". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sudamericano Sub-20 2017". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "26 futbolistas reservados del exterior para el debut en las Eliminatorias". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Uruguay venció 2-1 a Chile en el estadio Centenario". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "El uruguayo Nicolás de la Cruz, hermano de Carlos Sánchez, ficha por River" [Uruguayan Nicolás de la Cruz, brother of Carlos Sánchez, signs for River] (in Spanish). EFE. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "Facundo Trinidad firmó contrato". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Festeja River: Nicolás de la Cruz se nacionalizó argentino y libera un cupo de extranjero". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Uruguay - N. de la Cruz - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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