Diego Cascón
Diego Cascón Sandoval (born 7 June 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward.
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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 | ||
| 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) |
| 2015–2016 | Melilla | 39 | (10) |
| 2017 | Mérida | 16 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Ibiza | 19 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:57, 1 January 2018 (UTC) | |||
Club 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.
On 15 August 2017, Cascón moved to Tercera División club UD Ibiza after stints with Mérida AD and UD Melilla in the tier above.[7][8]
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cultural Leonesa | 2002–03 | Segunda División B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Segunda División B | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | Segunda División B | 36 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 12 | ||
| Total | 80 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 18 | ||
| Badalona | 2007–08 | Segunda División B | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 37 | 1 | |
| Poli Ejido | 2008–09 | Segunda División B | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 36 | 5 |
| Alcorcón | 2009–10 | Segunda División B | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 43 | 10 |
| Alcorcón | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| Jaén | 2011–12 | Segunda División B | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 34 | 13 |
| 2012–13 | Segunda División B | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 37 | 8 | |
| 2013–14 | Segunda División | 11 | 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 | — | 12 | 5 | |
| América Cali | 2014 | Categoría Primera B | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| Melilla | 2015–16 | Segunda División B | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 9 | |
| 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 10 | |||
| Mérida | 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | |
| Ibiza | 2017–18 | Tercera División | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 4 | |
| Career total | 364 | 76 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 404 | 80 | ||
- Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
References
- "Diego Cascón: "A la Cultural la llevo dentro"" [Diego Cascón: "I carry Cultural in my heart"]. Diario de León (in Spanish). 11 February 2003. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- "El azote leonés de Pellegrini" [Pellegrini's scourge from León]. La Crónica de León (in Spanish). 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- "Diego Cascón, ilusionado por lograr el ascenso con su nuevo equipo, el Eibar" [Diego Cascón, hopeful on promoting with his new team, Eibar]. El Correo (in Spanish). 1 September 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- "El delantero Diego Cascón, nuevo fichaje" [Forward Diego Cascón, new signing] (in Spanish). RealJaén.net. 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- "Diego Cascón recurre a una hechicera" [Diego Cascón asks for sorcerer intervention] (in Spanish). LeoNoticias. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- "El Jaén muere en la orilla" [Jaén die on the shore]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- "Mérida, inicio del nuevo trayecto" [Mérida, new project kickstarted]. El Periódico de Extremadura (in Spanish). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- "Diego Cascón ficha por el Ibiza UD" [Diego Cascón signs for Ibiza UD] (in Spanish). Canal Lagarto. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- "Cascón: Diego Cascón Sandoval". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- "Diego Cascón". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- "Cascón" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
External links
- Diego Cascón at BDFutbol
- Diego Cascón at Futbolme (in Spanish)