Spanish basketball player

Ignacio "Nacho" Díez de la Faya (born 23 April 1996) is a Spanish basketball player. Díez is currently the captain of Real Madrid Junior (Under-18) basketball team.

He is brother of Dani Díez, a Real Madrid basketball player.

Contents

• 1 Basketball career
  • 1.1 Teams
  • 1.2 Spanish national team
• 2 Awards & Honors
  • 2.1 Real Madrid
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Basketball career

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He started his playing career in the Adecco Estudiantes, 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.

In 2012 he joined Real Madrid Baloncesto 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. 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 *le that they hadn't obtained for 14 years.

Teams

• 2003/09 :ESP Estudiantes
• 2009/10 :ESP U-14 Infantil Real Madrid Baloncesto
• 2010/12 :ESP U-16 Cadete Real Madrid Baloncesto
• 2012/14 :ESP U-18 Junior Real Madrid Baloncesto
• 2014- :USA Bloomfield College

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, to be played during summer 2014 at Konya (Turkey).

Awards & 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 web player profile
• Real Madrid player profile