Ignacio "Nacho" Díez de la Faya (born 23 April 1996) is a Spanish professional basketball player.
He is brother of Dani Díez, a Real Madrid basketball player.
Basketball career
Díez 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.fbm.es Final Four Madrid Junior 2013 A month later, they reached the third position in the Spanish Junior (U-18) Championship.feb.es History of 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),realgm.com Real Madrid Junior Team Wins Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament a championship that Real Madrid hadn't won since 2006.acb.com History of Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament
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.fbm.es Trophy presentation of Madrid Junior Championship 2014
On 10 May 2014 Real Madrid won the 2014 Spain Junior (U-18) Championship,fbm.es Trophy 2014 Spain Junior Championship a title that they hadn't obtained for 14 years.feb.es History of Spain Junior Championship
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
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).acb.com U-18 Spanish National team preselection
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