Diego Cascón

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name 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)
Playing 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cultural Leonesa	2002–03	Segunda División B	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2003–04	Segunda División B	4	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	5	0
	2004–05	Segunda División B	12	0	0	0	—		12	0
	2005–06	Segunda División B	27	6	0	0	—		27	6
	2006–07	Segunda División B	36	12	0	0	—		36	12
	Total		80	18	0	0	1	0	81	18
Badalona	2007–08	Segunda División B	35	0	2	1	—		37	1
Poli Ejido	2008–09	Segunda División B	29	5	5	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	36	5
Alcorcón	2009–10	Segunda División B	32	8	5	1	6[lower-alpha 1]	1	43	10
Alcorcón	2010–11	Segunda División B	23	4	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	25	4
Jaén	2011–12	Segunda División B	30	12	2	1	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	34	13
	2012–13	Segunda División B	31	8	4	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	37	8
	2013–14	Segunda División	11	0	0	0	—		11	0
	Total		72	20	6	1	4	0	82	21
Kitchee	2013–14	Hong Kong First Division	9	5	3	0	—		12	5
América Cali	2014	Categoría Primera B	10	0	4	0	—		14	0
Melilla	2015–16	Segunda División B	32	9	1	0	—		33	9
	2016–17	Segunda División B	7	1	0	0	—		7	1
	Total		39	10	1	0	—		40	10
Mérida	2016–17	Segunda División B	16	2	0	0	—		16	2
Ibiza	2017–18	Tercera División	19	4	0	0	—		19	4
Career total			364	76	26	3	14	1	404	80

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.

External links

• Diego Cascón at BDFutbol
• Diego Cascón at Futbolme (in Spanish)