Diego Cascón Sandoval (born 7 June 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward.

Diego Cascón
Personal information
Full name Diego Cascón Sandoval
Date of birth (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth León, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:57, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Club career

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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

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As of 1 January 2018[9][10][11]
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[a] 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[a] 0 36 5
Alcorcón 2009–10 Segunda División B 32 8 5 1 6[a] 1 43 10
Alcorcón 2010–11 Segunda División B 23 4 0 0 2[a] 0 25 4
Jaén 2011–12 Segunda División B 30 12 2 1 2[a] 0 34 13
2012–13 Segunda División B 31 8 4 0 2[a] 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
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in Promotion Play-offs

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Diego Cascón recurre a una hechicera" [Diego Cascón asks for sorcerer intervention] (in Spanish). LeoNoticias. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  6. ^ "El Jaén muere en la orilla" [Jaén die on the shore]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Mérida, inicio del nuevo trayecto" [Mérida, new project kickstarted]. El Periódico de Extremadura (in Spanish). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Diego Cascón ficha por el Ibiza UD" [Diego Cascón signs for Ibiza UD] (in Spanish). Canal Lagarto. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Cascón: Diego Cascón Sandoval". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Diego Cascón". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Cascón" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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