Tato (footballer, born 1992)

Tato
	Tato with Toma Maglie in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Luis Alberto Díez Ocerín
Date of birth	9 July 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Santander, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Toma Maglie
Number	22
Youth career
	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2013	Racing B
2011	Racing Santander
2013–2014	Sestao
2014–2015	Sporting B
2015–2016	Zira
2016	Escobedo
2016–2017	Orihuela
2017–2018	CD Azuqueca
2018	Mons Calpe
2018–2019	Chieti
2020–2021	Martina
2021	Real Potosí
2021–2022	Sulmona
2022	Terracina
2022	Teramo
2023	Bruno's Magpies
2023–	Toma Maglie
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2023

Luis Alberto Díez Ocerín (born 9 July 1992), commonly known as Tato, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Toma Maglie as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Santander, Cantabria, Tato was a product of hometown club Racing de Santander's youth ranks. He made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2009–10 campaign, aged only 17, in Segunda División B.

Tato made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 6 March 2011, playing the last two minutes in a 1–3 home defeat against Real Madrid.^[1] He spent the vast majority of his spell registered with the B-side, however.

On 26 June 2013, Tato signed with Sestao River Club in Segunda División B.^[2] After featuring regularly for the Basques he moved to another reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B in the same level.^[3]

On 23 May 2016, Zira FK announced that Tato had left the club after one season in the Azerbaijan Premier League.^[4] On 23 September he returned to his home country, signing for UM Escobedo.^[5]

References

^ Benzema double keeps Real hopes alive; ESPN Soccernet, 6 March 2011
^ L.A. Díez "Tato" nuevo jugador verdinegro (L.A. Díez "Tato", new green-and-black player) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine; Sestao River, 26 June 2013 (in Spanish)
^ El Sporting B ficha al centrocampista Tato y renuevan Alberto y Guitián (Sporting B sign midfielder Tato and Alberto and Guitián renew); Sporting Gijón, 17 July 2014 (in Spanish)
^ "Zirə 5 futbolçi ilə yeni müqavilə imzaladı" [Zira signed a new contract with 5 footballers] (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ Tato y Espino, nuevos jugadores del Escobedo (Tato and Espino, new players of Escobedo); Contrameta, 23 September 2016 (in Spanish)

External links

Tato at BDFutbol
Tato at Futbolme (in Spanish)
Tato at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Tato at Soccerway

[1] Benzema double keeps Real hopes alive; ESPN Soccernet, 6 March 2011

[2] L.A. Díez "Tato" nuevo jugador verdinegro (L.A. Díez "Tato", new green-and-black player) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine; Sestao River, 26 June 2013 (in Spanish)

[3] El Sporting B ficha al centrocampista Tato y renuevan Alberto y Guitián (Sporting B sign midfielder Tato and Alberto and Guitián renew); Sporting Gijón, 17 July 2014 (in Spanish)

[4] "Zirə 5 futbolçi ilə yeni müqavilə imzaladı" [Zira signed a new contract with 5 footballers] (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[5] Tato y Espino, nuevos jugadores del Escobedo (Tato and Espino, new players of Escobedo); Contrameta, 23 September 2016 (in Spanish)

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