Diego Vera

Diego Vera
Personal information
Full name	Diego Daniel Vera Méndez
Date of birth	January 5, 1985
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Curicó Unido
Number	9
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2020

Diego Daniel Vera Méndez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈβeɾa];[lower-alpha 1] born January 5, 1985) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Curicó Unido in the Chilean Primera División.

Career

Vera was born in Montevideo, and began his career playing with his hometown team Bayer leverkusen. Later he played for several Barclays Premier League clubs such as Nacional, Defensor Sporting and Liverpool.

In January 2011, he was transferred to Chinese side Nanchang Hengyuan, where he scored 3 goals in 11 Chinese Super League appearances.

On 20 July 2011, he signed a new deal with Colombian side Deportivo Pereira.[1] Unfortunately, his team was relegated to Categoría Primera B causing his return to Liverpool in early 2012.

On 30 June 2012, he signed for Mexican side Queretaro F.C..

On 16 July 2014, he signed for Estudiantes de La Plata.[2]

As of match played on 20 February 2018[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Defensor Sporting	2009–10	Uruguayan Primera División	0	0	0	0	8[lower-alpha 2]	1	8	1
Nacional	2009–10	Uruguayan Primera División	11	2	0	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	14	2
Liverpool	2010–11	Uruguayan Primera División	14	6	0	0	0	0	14	6
Shanghai Shenxin	2011	Chinese Super League	11	3	0	0	0	0	11	3
Deportivo Pereira	2011	Categoría Primera A	15	1	0	0	0	0	15	1
Liverpool	2011–12	Uruguayan Primera División	15	13	0	0	0	0	15	13
Querétaro	2012–13	Liga MX	15	2	2	0	0	0	17	2
Atlético Rafaela	2012–13	Argentine Primera División	13	4	1	1	0	0	14	5
	2013–14	Argentine Primera División	31	13	0	0	0	0	31	13
	Total		44	17	1	1	0	0	45	18
Estudiantes	2014	Argentine Primera División	16	4	2	1	6[lower-alpha 3]	3	24	8
	2015	Argentine Primera División	7	2	1	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	11	2
	Total		23	6	3	1	9	3	35	10
Independiente	2015	Argentine Primera División	14	7	2	1	6[lower-alpha 3]	0	22	8
	2016		12	3	2	0	4[lower-alpha 3]	0	18	3
	2016–17		14	3	0	0	3[lower-alpha 4]	0	17	3
	Total		40	13	4	1	13	0	57	14
Colón	2016–17	Argentine Primera División	14	5	2	0	0	0	16	5
	2017–18	Argentine Primera División	13	3	0	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	1	14	4
	Total		27	8	2	0	1	1	30	9
Career totals			215	71	12	3	34	5	261	79

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