Diego Camacho (footballer)

Diego Camacho Quesada (born 3 October 1976) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Camacho and the second or maternal family name is Quesada.
Diego Camacho
Personal information
Full name Diego Camacho Quesada
Date of birth (1976-10-03) 3 October 1976
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Móstoles 17 (0)
1996 Mérida 0 (0)
1996–1997 Burgos 25 (1)
1997–1998 Gimnàstic 25 (1)
1998–2000 Lugo 53 (3)
1998 → Murcia (loan) 13 (0)
2000–2001 Gimnástica 36 (2)
2001–2002 Granada 31 (4)
2002–2004 Recreativo 62 (3)
2004–2008 Levante 100 (6)
2007–2008 → Valladolid (loan) 9 (0)
2008–2010 Sporting Gijón 54 (1)
2010–2011 Albacete 15 (0)
Total 440 (21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A late bloomer – he was still playing lower league football at almost 26 – he represented 12 clubs in his career. Over six seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 154 matches and four goals, mainly with Levante and Sporting de Gijón (two years apiece).

Club career

Born in Madrid, Camacho spent the early part of his career with modest clubs in the third division. For the 2002–03 season, however, he signed with La Liga side Recreativo de Huelva, from Granada CF; he made his debut in the competition on 14 September 2002 in a 0–3 away loss against Valencia CF,[1] as Recre were finally relegated.

In 2004, Camacho joined newly promoted Levante UD and, after experiencing one top-flight promotion and relegation with them, he was loaned to another recently promoted team, Real Valladolid, for 2007–08.[2] After appearing scarcely during the campaign he proceeded to move to Sporting de Gijón (also promoted to the top level), in a 1+1 years deal.[3]

On 23 May 2009, in one of his 31 league appearances, defensive-minded Camacho scored a rare but crucial goal in a 2–1 win at former side Valladolid,[4] as the Asturias team eventually avoided relegation. He featured slightly less in the following season with Sporting finishing in 15th position, again good enough to prevent a drop, and was released at the age of 33.[5]

References
  1. El Valencia gana con facilidad a un Recreativo muy plano (Valencia win easily against rather plane Recreativo); El País, 15 September 2002 (in Spanish)
  2. Diego Camacho cedido al Valladolid (Diego Camacho loaned to Valladolid); Levante UD, 30 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  3. Diego Camacho es el cuarto refuerzo del Sporting (Diego Camacho is Sporting's fourth addition); Marca, 4 August 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. Valladolid 1–2 Sporting Gijón; ESPN Soccernet, 23 May 2009
  5. El pivote Diego Camacho ficha por el Albacete (Holding midfielder Diego Camacho signs for Albacete); La Nueva España, 19 November 2010 (in Spanish)
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