Diego Fuentes (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Fuentes Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Medio Cudeyo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Racing B | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2022 | Racing Santander | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Racing B | 56 | (6) |
| 2022–2023 | → Cayón (loan) | 27 | (10) |
| 2025– | Racing Santander | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 January 2026 | |||
Diego Fuentes Pérez (born 1 September 2003), sometimes known as Chino,[1] is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Rayo Cantabria.
Career
Born in Medio Cudeyo, Cantabria, Fuentes was a Racing de Santander youth graduate. In 2022, after finishing his formation, he was loaned to Tercera Federación side CD Cayón, for one year.
In May 2023, after scoring ten goals as Cayón achieved promotion to Segunda Federación as champions, Fuentes returned to his parent club,[2] He struggled to establish himself as a starter, and had a shoulder injury in February 2024 which cut short the remainder of his season.[3]
Fuentes made his first team debut on 28 October 2025, coming on as a second-half substitute for Íñigo Sainz-Maza and providing an assist to Yeray Cabanzón's third in a 4–0 away routing of SD Logroñés, for the campaign's Copa del Rey.[4] He made his professional debut the following 3 January, replacing Iñigo Vicente late into a 1–1 Segunda División away draw against Real Valladolid.[5]
References
- ^ "Pablo Torre apadrina a la quinta del 2003" [Pablo Torre sponsors the 2003 villa] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Diego Fuentes regresa al Racing de Santander tras su temporadón con el CD Cayón" [Diego Fuentes returns to Racing de Santander after his big season with CD Cayón] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Chino se despide de la temporada" [Chino bids farewell from the season] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "El Racing se apunta a otra ronda (0–4)" [Racing advance to another round (0–4)] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Tomeo, héroe y villano en Zorrilla" [Tomeo, hero and villain at the Zorrilla] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 3 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
External links
- Diego Fuentes at BDFutbol
- Diego Fuentes at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Diego Fuentes at Soccerway