Diego Cascón

Diego Cascón Sandoval (born 7 June 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cascón and the second or maternal family name is Sandoval.
Diego Cascón
Personal information
Full name Diego Cascón Sandoval
Date of birth (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984
Place of birth León, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Cultural Leonesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Cultural B
2003–2007 Cultural Leonesa 80 (18)
2007–2008 Badalona 35 (0)
2008–2009 Poli Ejido 29 (5)
2009–2010 Alcorcón 32 (8)
2010–2011 Eibar 23 (4)
2011–2014 Jaén 72 (20)
2014 Kitchee 9 (5)
2014–2015 América Cali 13 (0)
2015–2016 Melilla 39 (10)
2017 Mérida 16 (2)
2017–2018 Ibiza 19 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:57, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Cascón was born in León, Castile and León. He spent his first 11 seasons as a senior in Segunda División B, amassing totals of 260 games and 55 goals for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa,[1] CF Badalona, Polideportivo Ejido, AD Alcorcón – with these two teams, he eliminated Villarreal CF and Real Madrid respectively from the Copa del Rey[2]– SD Eibar[3] and Real Jaén.[4]

Whilst with the latter club, Cascón solicited the services of a sorcerer in April 2013 in an attempt to end a negative scoring drought, feeling he was a victim of the evil eye.[5] He eventually netted eight goals in 31 matches, as the Andalusia side promoted and returned to Segunda División after 11 years.

Cascón made his professional debut on 18 August 2013 at the age of 29, in Jaén's 1–2 home defeat to SD Eibar for the second level season opener.[6] In February of the following year, after only a further ten league appearances and no goals, he moved abroad for the first time, joining a host of compatriots at Kitchee SC in Hong Kong.

On 15 August 2017, Cascón moved to Tercera División club UD Ibiza after stints with Mérida AD and UD Melilla in the tier above.[7][8]

Club statistics
As of 1 January 2018[9][10][11]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cultural Leonesa 2002–03 Segunda División B 1000—10
2003–04 Segunda División B 40001[lower-alpha 1]050
2004–05 Segunda División B 12000—120
2005–06 Segunda División B 27600—276
2006–07 Segunda División B 361200—3612
Total 801800108118
Badalona 2007–08 Segunda División B 35021—371
Poli Ejido 2008–09 Segunda División B 295501[lower-alpha 1]0365
Alcorcón 2009–10 Segunda División B 328516[lower-alpha 1]14310
Alcorcón 2010–11 Segunda División B 234002[lower-alpha 1]0254
Jaén 2011–12 Segunda División B 3012212[lower-alpha 1]03413
2012–13 Segunda División B 318402[lower-alpha 1]0378
2013–14 Segunda División 11000—110
Total 722061408221
Kitchee 2013–14 Hong Kong First Division 9530—125
América Cali 2014 Categoría Primera B 10040—140
Melilla 2015–16 Segunda División B 32910—339
2016–17 Segunda División B 7100—71
Total 391010—4010
Mérida 2016–17 Segunda División B 16200—162
Ibiza 2017–18 Tercera División 19400—194
Career total 3647626314140480
  1. Appearances in Promotion Play-offs

References
  1. "Diego Cascón: "A la Cultural la llevo dentro"" [Diego Cascón: "I carry Cultural in my heart"]. Diario de León (in Spanish). 11 February 2003. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. "El azote leonés de Pellegrini" [Pellegrini's scourge from León]. La Crónica de León (in Spanish). 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. "Diego Cascón, ilusionado por lograr el ascenso con su nuevo equipo, el Eibar" [Diego Cascón, hopeful on promoting with his new team, Eibar]. El Correo (in Spanish). 1 September 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. "El delantero Diego Cascón, nuevo fichaje" [Forward Diego Cascón, new signing] (in Spanish). RealJaén.net. 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  5. "Diego Cascón recurre a una hechicera" [Diego Cascón asks for sorcerer intervention] (in Spanish). LeoNoticias. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  6. "El Jaén muere en la orilla" [Jaén die on the shore]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  7. "Mérida, inicio del nuevo trayecto" [Mérida, new project kickstarted]. El Periódico de Extremadura (in Spanish). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  8. "Diego Cascón ficha por el Ibiza UD" [Diego Cascón signs for Ibiza UD] (in Spanish). Canal Lagarto. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  9. "Cascón: Diego Cascón Sandoval". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  10. "Diego Cascón". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  11. "Cascón" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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