Fabricio Díaz

Uruguayan footballer (born 2003)
Fabricio Díaz
Díaz with Uruguay U20 in 2023
Personal information
Full name Fabricio Díaz Badaracco[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-03) 3 February 2003 (age 21)[1]
Place of birth La Paz, Uruguay
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Gharafa
Number 29
Youth career
La Paz Wanderers
2016–2020 Liverpool Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Liverpool Montevideo 107 (4)
2023– Al-Gharafa 15 (0)
International career
2021–2023 Uruguay U20 32 (10)
Medal record
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024

Fabricio Díaz Badaracco (born 3 February 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa.[2]

Early life

Díaz was born in La Paz, Canelones on 3 February 2003 to Gabriel Díaz and Verónica Badaracco. He is of maternal Italian descent.[3]

Club career

Liverpool Montevideo

Díaz is a youth academy graduate of Liverpool Montevideo. He made his professional debut for the club on 2 February 2020 in a 4 –2 win against Nacional in the 2020 Supercopa Uruguaya, playing the whole 120 minutes in the match and scoring the team's fourth goal.[4][5] He also made his league and continental debut later in the same month: A 2–0 win against Llaneros de Guanare in the Copa Sudamericana on 12 February, and a week later, a 1–0 win against Plaza Colonia on 19 February, respectively.[6][7]

Al-Gharafa

On 18 September 2023, despite having received offers from Barcelona in Spain and Brighton in England,[8][9] Díaz joined Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa on a five-year deal.[10]

International career

Díaz is a former Uruguayan youth international. On 22 March 2022, he was called up to the senior team for the first time as a replacement for Matías Vecino who tested positive for COVID-19.[11] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[12] He served as captain of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[13][14]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 August 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool Montevideo 2020 UPD 35 0 — — 4[c] 0 2[d] 1 41 1
2021 UPD 28 1 — — 2[e] 0 — 30 1
2022 UPD 31 3 1 0 — 1[c] 0 2[f] 0 35 3
2023 UPD 13 0 0 0 — 2[e] 0 1[g] 0 16 0
Total 107 4 1 0 0 0 9 0 5 1 122 5
Al-Gharafa 2023–24 QSL 15 0 3 1 3 0 — 1[h] 0 22 1
2024–25 QSL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[i] 0 0 0 2 0
Total 16 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 24 1
Career total 123 4 4 1 3 0 10 0 6 1 146 6
  1. ^ Includes Copa Uruguay, Emir of Qatar Cup
  2. ^ Includes Qatari Stars Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ One appearance, one goal in Supercopa Uruguaya; one appearance in championship playoff
  5. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  6. ^ One appearance each in Torneo Intermedio final and championship playoff
  7. ^ Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final
  8. ^ Appearance in Qatar Cup
  9. ^ Appearance in AFC Champions League Elite

Honours

Liverpool Montevideo

Uruguay U20

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Fabricio Díaz at Soccerway
  3. ^ "La emoción de los padres de Fabricio Díaz: "No caemos en el lugar en el que estamos"". futbol.com.uy - Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  4. ^ "Debutantes de la Supercopa Uruguaya 2020". 14 February 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Liverpool vs. Nacional - 2 February 2019". Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Liverpool vs. Plaza Colonia - 19 February 2019". Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Llaneros de Guanare vs. Liverpool - 13 February 2019". Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  8. ^ "STUNNER! Al-Gharafa to trump Barcelona, Liverpool for Uruguay U20 captain Fabricio Diaz - Tribal Football". www.tribalfootball.com. 2023-09-16. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  9. ^ Smith, Cameron (2023-09-15). "Liverpool star REJECTS Barcelona to complete SHOCK transfer". www.footballtransfers.com. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  10. ^ "El curioso (y ostentoso) video de presentación de Fabricio Díaz que realizó Al-Gharafa". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Fabricio Díaz, volante de Liverpool y capitán de la Sub 20, citado por Alonso por covid-19 positivo de Matías Vecino". 22 March 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Selección: Diego Alonso entregó la lista de 55 reservados para el Mundial de Catar" (in Spanish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  14. ^ a b Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Liverpool derrotó 1-0 a Peñarol y se consagró campeón del Uruguayo en el Campeón del Siglo". 16 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Liverpool campeón de la Supercopa 2020". 2 February 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Felipe Carballo obtuvo el premio de mejor jugador del Campeonato Uruguayo 2022". 16 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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