Ignacio "Nacho" Díez de la Faya (born 23 April 1996) is a Spanish professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player. He is brother of Dani Díez, a

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

basketball player.

Basketball career

Díez started his playing career in the

Adecco Estudiantes Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., (English: Club Basketball Students) known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Liga ACB, Asociación ...

, team that he left to join the U-14 Real Madrid Baloncesto in 2009. In his first seasons with Real Madrid, he obtained the Madrid Infantil (U-14) Championship in 2010 and the Madrid Cadete (U-16) Championship in 2012, being selected as the team's

MVP MVP most commonly refers to: * Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition * Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering MVP may also refer to: ...

. In 2012 he joined

Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto (English: Royal Madrid Basketball) is a Spanish professional basketball club that was founded in 1931, as a division of Real Madrid CF. They play domestically in the Liga ACB, and internationally in the EuroLeague. They a ...

junior team. In April 2013 they won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship by defeating Asefa Estudiantes in the final. A month later, they reached the third position in the Spanish Junior (U-18) Championship. During the 2013/14 season he was appointed as Real Madrid junior team's

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

. In January 2014, they won the prestigious Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (NIJT), a championship that Real Madrid hadn't won since 2006. On 13 April 2014 Real Madrid junior team again won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship, by defeating Estudiantes and Torrelodones in the Final Four. On 10 May 2014 Real Madrid won the 2014 Spain Junior (U-18) Championship, a title that they hadn't obtained for 14 years.

Teams

*2003/09 Estudiantes *2009/10 U-14 Infantil Real Madrid Baloncesto *2010/12 U-16 Cadete Real Madrid Baloncesto *2012/14 U-18 Junior Real Madrid Baloncesto *2014-

Bloomfield College Bloomfield College of Montclair State University is a public college in Bloomfield, New Jersey, Bloomfield, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is chartered by the State of New Jersey and Higher education accreditation in the United States, accre ...

Spanish national team

In April 2014 he played with Under-18 Spanish national team at Barakaldo Tournament. Later that month, he was preselected to participate in the 2014

FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The FIBA U18 EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U18 European Championship, originally known as the FIBA European Championship for Juniors. It is a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1964 edition. It was held bi ...

, to be played during summer 2014 at

Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...

(

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

).acb.co
U-18 Spanish National team preselection
/ref>

Awards and honors

Real Madrid

* Champion of Madrid Infantil (U-14) Championship 2010 * Champion of Madrid Cadete (U-16) Championship 2012 * Champion of Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship 2013 and 2014 * Champion of Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (NIJT) 2014 * Champion of Spain Junior (U-18) Championship 2014

References

External links

Euroleague profile

Real Madrid player profile

Bloomfield Bears bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diez, Nacho 1996 births Living people Bloomfield Bears men's basketball players Forwards (basketball) Real Madrid Baloncesto players Spanish men's basketball players Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States Basketball players from Madrid 21st-century Spanish sportsmen