Nationality Spanish Position Forward Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Number 11 | Listed weight 189 lb (86 kg) Name Nacho Diez College Bloomfield College | |
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Born April 23, 1996 (age 28)
Madrid, Spain ( 1996-04-23 ) | ||
Nacho Díez highlights #11 Real Madrid Junior (U-18) - mejores jugadas
Ignacio "Nacho" Díez de la Faya (born April 23, 1996) is a Spanish basketball player. Díez is currently the captain of Real Madrid Junior (Under-18) basketball team.
Contents
- Nacho Dez highlights 11 Real Madrid Junior U 18 mejores jugadas
- Basketball career
- Teams
- Spanish national team
- Real Madrid
- References
He is brother of Dani Díez, a Real Madrid basketball player.
Basketball career
Nacho Díez is a competitive and solid player, with a great potential of physical development ahead. He's smart, a great defender and he's able to anticipate his rival's movements. Offensively, he can shoot from different positions and from three-point range.
He started his playing career in the Adecco Estudiantes, team that he left to join the U-14 Real Madrid Baloncesto in 2009. In his first seasons with Real Madrid, he obtained the Madrid Infantil (U-14) Championship in 2010 and the Madrid Cadete (U-16) Championship in 2012, being selected as the team's MVP.
In 2012 he joins Real Madrid Baloncesto junior team. On April, 2013, they won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship, by defeating Asefa Estudiantes in the final. A month later, they reached the third position in the Spanish Junior (U-18) Championship.
During the 2013/14 season he was appointed as Real Madrid junior team's captain. In January 2014, they won the prestigious Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (NIJT), a championship that Real Madrid hadn't won since 2006.
On April 13, 2014, Real Madrid junior team wins again the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship, by defeating Estudiantes and Torrelodones in the Final Four.
On May 10, 2014, Real Madrid won the 2014 Spain Junior (U-18) Championship, a title that they hadn't obtained for 14 years.
Teams
Spanish national team
On April, 2014, he played with Under-18 Spanish national team at Barakaldo Tournament. Later that month, he was preselected to participate in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, to be played during summer 2014 at Konya (Turkey).