Fabricio Díaz
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_(cropped).jpg) Díaz with Uruguay U20 in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fabricio Díaz Badaracco[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 February 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | La Paz, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 46 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Uruguay U20 | 32 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 January 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]
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
Díaz is a former Uruguayan youth international. On 22 March 2022, he was called up to the senior team for the first time as a replacement for Matías Vecino who tested positive for COVID-19.[11] On 21 October 2022, he was named in Uruguay's 55-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[12] He served as captain of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[13][14]