| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Leonardo Medina | ||
| Date of birth | 16 December 1991[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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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]
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
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Deportivo Armenio | 2013–14 | Primera B Metropolitana | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 54 | 5 | ||||
| San Telmo (loan) | 2012–13 | Primera B Metropolitana | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Ferro Carril Oeste (loan) | 2015 | Primera B Nacional | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Almagro (loan) | 2016 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |||
| Instituto (loan) | 2016–17 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
| Flandria (loan) | 2017–18 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |||
| Defensores de Belgrano | 2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 163 | 14 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 170 | 14 | ||||
- ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina
- ↑ One appearance in the 2015 Primera B Nacional play-offs
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Ficha Estadistica de DIEGO MEDINA". BDFA. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Argentina - D. Medina". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ↑ "Bordonaro y Medina, los primeros refuerzos de Ferro". Interior Futbolero. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ↑ "Flandria: Diego Medina es el sexto refuerzo". Tribuna Del Pueblo. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ↑ "Fútbol profesional: pretemporada y refuerzos". Defensores de Belgrano. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
External links
- Diego Medina at Soccerway
- Diego Medina on defeweb.com