Diego Gonzalo Chaves de Miquelerena (born 14 February 1986) is an Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a forward.
 Chaves in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Gonzalo Chaves de Miquelerena | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Montevideo Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2009 | Montevideo Wanderers | 93 | (27) |
| 2009–2010 | Querétaro | 15 | (4) |
| 2010 | Veracruz | 9 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Nacional | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Chicago Fire | 29 | (6) |
| 2012–2015 | Palestino | 66 | (25) |
| 2014 | → O'Higgins (loan) | 27 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Sarmiento | 25 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | San Martín SJ | 15 | (2) |
| 2017 | San Luis | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 12 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Deportivo Morón | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Sarmiento | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 316 | (78) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay,[1] Chaves began his career with Montevideo Wanderers. There he played a total of 93 games in which he scored 27 goals.[2] In July 2009, he received an offer from Querétaro FC and moved to Mexico.[3] With Querétaro he appeared in 15 games and scored 4 goals.
Diego scored his first two goals for Querétaro while playing against Jaguares, with a final score of 2–2. His third goal was against Monterrey, but the team lost the game 3 to 1. In December 2009 he was transferred to Veracruz, a club that was looking to return to the maximum division in Mexico. He returned to Uruguay with Nacional in 2010.
In February 2011, Chaves signed with Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.[4] He made his debut, and scored his first goal for his new club, 19 March 2011 in Chicago's 1–1 tie with FC Dallas on the opening day of the 2011 MLS season.[5] Chaves went on to score in each of his next two matches, a 3–2 win vs. Sporting Kansas City 26 March 2011 and a 2–1 loss at Seattle Sounders F.C. 9 April 2011 to become the first player in club history to record goals in each of his first three league appearances for the team. Chaves would finish the 2011 campaign with seven goals and three assists across all competitions, helping the team to its first appearance in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final since 2006 where they eventually fell 2–0 at Seattle.
A report in the Chilean media on 15 January 2012 claims that the 25-year-old Uruguayan striker has signed with Primera División club Palestino after he and the Fire mutually parted ways.[6] On 2014, Chaves was out on loan to O'Higgins, playing 27 matches and scoring 6 goals in league. In December 2014, he return to Palestino.
Honours edit
O'Higgins
- Supercopa de Chile: 2014
References edit
- ^ a b "Chaves, Diego". Atilio Software (in Spanish). COMISIÓN DE HISTORIA Y ESTADÍSTICA C.N.deF. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Diego Chaves player profile at TenfielDigital (in Spanish)
- ^ News report at the official webpage of Querétaro FC [permanent dead link] (in Spanish)
- ^ "Fire Sign Diego Cháves | Chicago Fire". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ Fire, FCD trade early goals en route to 1–1 draw Archived 22 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Chaves, Chicago unable to come to terms, part ways | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 17 January 2012.
External links edit
- Diego Cháves at ESPN FC
- Diego Cháves at Soccerway