Fabricio Díaz

Fabricio Díaz
Díaz with Uruguay U20 in 2023
Personal information
Full name Fabricio Díaz Badaracco[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-03) 3 February 2003[1]
Place of birth La Paz, Uruguay
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Gharafa
Number 29
Youth career
La Paz Wanderers
2016–2020 Liverpool Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Liverpool Montevideo 107 (4)
2023– Al-Gharafa 52 (0)
International career
2021–2023 Uruguay U20 32 (10)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner2023 Argentina
South American U-20 Championship
Runner-up2023 Colombia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 April 2026

Fabricio Díaz Badaracco (born 3 February 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa.[2]

Early life

Díaz was born in La Paz, Canelones on 3 February 2003 to Gabriel Díaz and Verónica Badaracco. He is of maternal Italian descent.[3]

Club career

Liverpool Montevideo

Díaz is a youth academy graduate of Liverpool Montevideo. He made his professional debut for the club on 2 February 2020 in a 4 –2 win against Nacional in the 2020 Supercopa Uruguaya, playing the whole 120 minutes in the match and scoring the team's fourth goal.[4][5] He also made his league and continental debut later in the same month: A 2–0 win against Llaneros de Guanare in the Copa Sudamericana on 12 February, and a week later, a 1–0 win against Plaza Colonia on 19 February, respectively.[6][7]

Al-Gharafa

On 18 September 2023, despite having received offers from Barcelona in Spain and Brighton in England,[8][9] Díaz joined Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa on a five-year deal.[10]

International career

Youth

Díaz is a former Uruguayan youth international. He served as captain of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[11][12]

Senior

On 22 March 2022, Díaz received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team. He was added to the squad as a replacement for Matías Vecino who tested positive for COVID-19.[13] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[14] However, he was not included in the final squad, which was announced three weeks later.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 April 2026[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool Montevideo 2020 UPD 350——4[c]02[d]1411
2021 UPD 281——2[e]0—301
2022 UPD 31310—1[c]02[f]0353
2023 UPD 13000—2[e]01[g]0160
Total 1074100090511225
Al-Gharafa 2023–24 QSL 1503130—1[h]0221
2024–25 QSL 20040319[i]01[h]0371
2025–26 QSL 17002008[i]000270
Total 520718117020862
Career total 15948181260712087
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Uruguay, Emir of Qatar Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Qatari Stars Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ One appearance, one goal in Supercopa Uruguaya; one appearance in championship playoff
  5. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  6. ↑ One appearance each in Torneo Intermedio final and championship playoff
  7. ↑ Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final
  8. 1 2 Appearance in Qatar Cup
  9. 1 2 Appearance in AFC Champions League Elite

Honours

Liverpool Montevideo

Uruguay U20

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Fabricio Díaz at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "La emoción de los padres de Fabricio Díaz: "No caemos en el lugar en el que estamos"". futbol.com.uy - Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Debutantes de la Supercopa Uruguaya 2020". 14 February 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool vs. Nacional - 2 February 2019". Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool vs. Plaza Colonia - 19 February 2019". Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Llaneros de Guanare vs. Liverpool - 13 February 2019". Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "STUNNER! Al-Gharafa to trump Barcelona, Liverpool for Uruguay U20 captain Fabricio Diaz - Tribal Football". www.tribalfootball.com. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  9. ↑ Smith, Cameron (15 September 2023). "Liverpool star REJECTS Barcelona to complete SHOCK transfer". www.footballtransfers.com. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "El curioso (y ostentoso) video de presentación de Fabricio Díaz que realizó Al-Gharafa". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  12. 1 2 Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Fabricio Díaz, volante de Liverpool y capitán de la Sub 20, citado por Alonso por covid-19 positivo de Matías Vecino". 22 March 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Selección: Diego Alonso entregó la lista de 55 reservados para el Mundial de Catar" (in Spanish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Se confirmó la lista de convocados para la Copa Mundial de Catar 2022". 10 November 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Liverpool derrotó 1-0 a Peñarol y se consagró campeón del Uruguayo en el Campeón del Siglo". 16 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Liverpool campeón de la Supercopa 2020". 2 February 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  18. ↑ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "Felipe Carballo obtuvo el premio de mejor jugador del Campeonato Uruguayo 2022". 16 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  • Profile at the Uruguayan Football Association website (in Spanish)
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