Diego Cháves

Diego Cháves

Personal information
Full name	Diego Gonzalo Cháves de Miquelerena
Date of birth	14 February 1986 (1986-02-14) (age 25)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Chicago Fire
Number	99
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2009	Montevideo Wanderers	93	(27)
2009–2010	Querétaro	15	(4)
2010	Veracruz	9	(1)
2010	Nacional	10	(1)
2011–	Chicago Fire	29	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 22, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Diego Cháves (born 14 February 1986 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan professional footballer currently playing for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth

Diego was born in Uruguay, but spent most of his childhood in Argentina. From age 12 to 15, Diego started playing for the smaller divisions of several Argentinian teams: River Plate, Boca Juniors, Platenese, and then again River Plate. At age 16, Diego moved to Brasil for a year and there he played for Figueirense.

Professional

His professional career began in the year 2004, when he moved to Uruguay and joined Montevideo Wanderers F.C. There he played a total of 93 games in which he scored 27 goals.^[1] In July 2009, he received an offer from Querétaro FC and moved to Mexico.^[2] With Querétaro he appeared in 15 games and scored 4 goals.

Diego scored his first two goals for Querétaro while playing against Jaguares, with a final score of 2-2. His third goal was against Monterrey, but the team lost the game 3 to 1. In December 2009 he was transferred to Veracruz, a club that was looking to return to the maximum division in Mexico. He returned to Uruguay with Nacional in 2010.

On February 2011, Cháves signed with Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.^[3] He made his debut, and scored his first goal for his new club, 19 March 2011 in Chicago's 1-1 tie with FC Dallas on the opening day of the 2011 MLS season.^[4]

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ Diego Cháves player profile at TenfielDigital (Spanish)
2. ^ News report at the official webpage of Querétaro FC (Spanish)
3. ^ http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2011/02/fire-sign-diego-chaves
4. ^ Fire, FCD trade early goals en route to 1-1 draw

External links

• Official webpage of Querétaro FC (Spanish)
• Diego Cháves playing stats at ESPN Soccernet
• http://www.transfermarkt.de/en/diego-chaves/profil/spieler_76828.html

Persondata
Name	Chaves, Diego
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Date of birth	14 February 1986
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
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