Diego Camacho Quesada (born 3 October 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
A late bloomer – he was still playing lower league football at the age of 25 – he represented 13 clubs in his career. Over six seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 154 matches and four goals, mainly with Levante and Sporting de Gijón (two years apiece).
Career Born in Madrid, Camacho spent the early part of his career with modest clubs in the Segunda División B. For the 2002–03 season, however, he signed with La Liga side Recreativo de Huelva from Granada CF;El trotamundos Diego Camacho, un solvente centrocampista que jugó tres años en Orriols (Globetrotter Diego Camacho, a reliable midfielder who played three years at Orriols); Museo Virtual Levante UD, 24 December 2025 (in Spanish) he made his debut in the competition on 14 September 2002 in a 3–0 away loss against Valencia CF,El Valencia gana con facilidad a un Recreativo muy plano (Valencia win easily against rather plane Recreativo); El País, 15 September 2002 (in Spanish) as Recre were finally relegated even though they reached the final of the Copa del Rey.Mallorca win King's Cup; TNT Sports, 28 June 2003
Camacho joined newly promoted Levante UD in the summer of 2004 and, after experiencing one top-flight promotion and relegation with them, he was loaned to another recently promoted team, Real Valladolid, for 2007–08.El Valladolid ficha a Diego Camacho y logra la cesión de Estoyanoff (Valladolid sign Diego Camacho and get loan of Estoyanoff); Diario AS, 27 July 2007 (in Spanish) He featured scarcely during the campaign, and subsequently moved to Sporting de Gijón (also promoted to the top tier) on an initial one-year contract.Diego Camacho es el cuarto refuerzo del Sporting (Diego Camacho is Sporting's fourth addition); Marca, 4 August 2008 (in Spanish)
On 23 May 2009, in one of his 31 league appearances,Año de reflexión para el Sporting (A year of reflection for Sporting); El Comercio, 8 June 2009 (in Spanish) the defensive-minded Camacho scored a rare but crucial goal in a 2–1 win at his former employers Valladolid as the Asturias club eventually avoided relegation.El Sporting gana a un Valladolid que se complica la existencia (Sporting beat a Valladolid who make life difficult for themselves); Libertad Digital, 23 May 2009 (in Spanish)El gol de Diego Camacho (Diego Camacho's goal); El Comercio, 11 August 2023 (in Spanish) He featured slightly less in the the following season with Sporting finishing in 15th position, again good enough to prevent a drop,Preciado: "No voy a sentirme culpable de lo que le pueda pasar al Racing" (Preciado: "I'm not going to feel guilty about what might happen to Racing"); Marca, 9 May 2010 (in Spanish) and was released aged 33.El pivote Diego Camacho ficha por el Albacete (Holding midfielder Diego Camacho signs for Albacete); La Nueva España, 19 November 2010 (in Spanish)
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