Diego Cháves

Diego Gonzalo Chaves de Miquelerena (born 14 February 1986) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward.

This article is about the footballer. For the boxer, see Diego Chaves (boxer).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chaves and the second or maternal family name is de Miquelerena.

Diego Chaves
Chaves in 2011
Personal information
Full name Diego Gonzalo Chaves de Miquelerena
Date of birth (1986-02-14) 14 February 1986
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Montevideo Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Montevideo Wanderers 93 (27)
2009–2010 Querétaro 15 (4)
2010 Veracruz 9 (1)
2010–2011 Nacional 10 (1)
2011–2012 Chicago Fire 29 (6)
2012–2015 Palestino 66 (25)
2014 → O'Higgins (loan) 27 (6)
2015–2016 Sarmiento 25 (4)
2016–2017 San Martín SJ 15 (2)
2017 San Luis de Quillota 6 (0)
2018 Arsenal de Sarandí 12 (2)
2018–2019 Deportivo Morón 5 (0)
2019–2020 Sarmiento 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:49, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

Career

Youth

Chaves is an Uruguayan, having been born in Buenos Aires and having spent most of his childhood in Argentina. From age 12 to 15, he started playing for the smaller divisions of several Argentinian teams: River Plate, Boca Juniors, Platenese, and then again River Plate. At age 16, Chaves moved to Brazil 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.

In February 2011, Chaves 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] Chaves went on to score in each of his next two matches, a 3–2 win vs. Sporting Kansas City 26 March 2011 and a 2–1 loss at Seattle Sounders F.C. 9 April 2011 to become the first player in club history to record goals in each of his first three league appearances for the team. Chaves would finish the 2011 campaign with seven goals and three assists across all competitions, helping the team to its first appearance in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final since 2006 where they eventually fell 2–0 at Seattle.

A report in the Chilean media on 15 January 2012 claims that the 25-year-old Uruguayan striker has signed with Primera División club Palestino after he and the Fire mutually parted ways.[5] On 2014, Chaves was out on loan to O'Higgins, playing 27 matches and scoring 6 goals in league. In December 2014, he return to Palestino.

Honours

O'Higgins

References
  1. Diego Chaves player profile at TenfielDigital (in Spanish)
  2. News report at the official webpage of Querétaro FC (in Spanish)
  3. "Fire Sign Diego Cháves | Chicago Fire". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  4. Fire, FCD trade early goals en route to 1–1 draw Archived 22 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Chaves, Chicago unable to come to terms, part ways | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 17 January 2012.
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