Diego Espejo
Spanish footballer (born 2002)
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Diego Espejo de la Concepción (born 18 August 2002) is a Spanish footballer currently playing as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Espejo de la Concepción[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tenerife | |||
| 2016–2022 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Atlético Madrid B | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Atlético Ottawa (loan) | 49 | (2) |
| 2024 | → Orihuela (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2024–2026 | Osasuna B | 59 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Spain U17 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 April 2022 | |||
Early life
Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Espejo began playing youth football with local teams in Tranvía and Chincanayro.[2] his youth career with Tenerife.[3][4] In 2016, he joined the Atlético Madrid youth system.[5] In 2019, he scored a notable bicycle kick goal in a youth match against Leganés.[6]
Club career
In July 2021, he joined Atlético Madrid B in the Tercera División RFEF,[7] where he made a few bench appearances, but did not appear in a match.[8]
In February 2022, he signed a contract extension with Atlético Madrid through, prior to being loaned out to their affiliate club, Atlético Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League for the 2022 season.[9] In 2022, he led the league in headed clearances with 80 and finished second in total clearances with 114.[10] After the season, his loan was extended for another year,[11][12] with it also being announced that he would trial with Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF in January, before joining Ottawa for pre-season.[13] Espejo returned to Atlético Madrid B after his season-long loan expired in November 2023.[14]
In January 2024, Espejo was loaned to Segunda Federación club Orihuela for the remainder of the season.[15][16] On 4 February 2024, he scored a brace in a 2-1 victory over El Palo.[17]
In August 2024, Espejo joined Osasuna B in the Primera Federación through June 2026, with an option to extend for an additional two seasons.[18][19]
International career
In 2016, he was named to the Canary Islands regional U16 team.[20] In 2018, he was called up to the Spain U17 team, where he earned two caps.[21]
Honours
Atlético Ottawa
- Canadian Premier League Regular season: 2022
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético Madrid B | 2021–22 | Tercera División RFEF | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Atlético Ottawa (loan) | 2022 | Canadian Premier League | 25 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 19 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 21 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||
| Orihuela (loan) | 2023–24 | Segunda Federación | 13 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Career total | 57 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 5 | ||
- Notes
