Diego Cascón

Diego Cascón
Cascón training with Kitchee
Personal information
Full name Diego Cascón Sandoval[1]
Date of birth (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984[1]
Place of birth León, Spain[1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position Forward
Youth career
Cultural Leonesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Cultural Leonesa 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 10 (0)
2015–2016 Melilla 39 (10)
2017 Mérida 16 (2)
2017–2018 Ibiza 19 (4)
Total 364+ (76+)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Cascón was born in León, Castile and León. He spent his first 11 seasons as a senior in the Segunda División B, amassing totals of 260 games and 55 goals for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,[2] CF Badalona, Polideportivo Ejido, AD Alcorcón – with these two teams, he eliminated Villarreal CF and Real Madrid respectively from the Copa del Rey[3]– SD Eibar[4] and Real Jaén.[5]

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.[6] He eventually scored eight goals in 31 matches, as the Andalusia side promoted and returned to Segunda División after 11 years.[7]

Cascón made his professional debut on 18 August 2013 at the age of 29, in Jaén's 1–2 home defeat against SD Eibar in the second-division opener.[8] In February 2014, 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.[9]

On 15 August 2017, Cascón moved to Tercera División club UD Ibiza following stints with Mérida AD and UD Melilla in the tier above.[10][11]

Career statistics

[12][13][14]

Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cultural Leonesa 2002–03 Segunda División B 1000—10
2003–04 Segunda División B 40001[a]050
2004–05 Segunda División B 12000—120
2005–06 Segunda División B 27600—276
2006–07 Segunda División B 361200—3612
Total 801800108118
Badalona 2007–08 Segunda División B 35021—371
Poli Ejido 2008–09 Segunda División B 295501[a]0355
Alcorcón 2009–10 Segunda División B 328516[a]14310
Eibar 2010–11 Segunda División B 234002[a]0254
Jaén 2011–12 Segunda División B 3012212[a]03413
2012–13 Segunda División B 318402[a]0378
2013–14 Segunda División 11000—110
Total 722061408221
Kitchee 2013–14 Hong Kong First Division 9530—125
América Cali 2014 Categoría Primera B 10040—140
Melilla 2015–16 Segunda División B 32910—339
2016–17 Segunda División B 7100—71
Total 391010—4010
Mérida 2016–17 Segunda División B 16200—162
Ibiza 2017–18 Tercera División 19400—194
Career total 3647626314140480

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Diego Cascón at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Fraguas, Ángel (11 February 2003). "Diego Cascón: «A la Cultural la llevo dentro»" [Diego Cascón: "I carry Cultural in my heart"]. Diario de León (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Sáenz de Pipaón, N. (29 October 2009). "El azote leonés de Pellegrini" [Pellegrini's scourge from León]. La Crónica de León (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Diego Cascón recurre a una hechicera" [Diego Cascón asks for sorcerer intervention] (in Spanish). LeoNoticias. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "El último ascenso del Real Jaén" [Real Jaén's last promotion] (in Spanish). Muy de Fútbol. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "El Jaén muere en la orilla" [Jaén die on the shore]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  9. ↑ Moreno, J.C. (17 July 2015). "El Burgos se interesa por Diego Cascón y Guille" [Burgos are interested in Diego Cascón and Guille]. Diario de Burgos (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Mérida, inicio del nuevo trayecto" [Mérida, new project kickstarted]. El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  11. ↑ Cruz, Sergio (15 August 2017). "Diego Cascón ficha por el Ibiza UD" [Diego Cascón signs for Ibiza UD] (in Spanish). Canal Lagarto. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  12. ↑ Diego Cascón at BDFutbol
  13. ↑ Diego Cascón at Soccerway
  14. ↑ Diego Cascón at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
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