Market value
—
Rating · 15/16
6.2
Solid
Attacking Midfield Midfield
Career snapshot
12
clubs played for
02/03
debut season
0.14
goals / match
Nea Salamina Famagusta
top club · 78 apps
Position rank · 15/16
#808
goals rank
#403
assists rank
41
season goals
18
season assists
Among 1,184 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins
Career highs
€1.00m
peak value · 2009
—
top transfer fee
9
best season · 07/08
20 / 6
int'l caps / goals
Born the same day
Shares 1984-01-16 · 6 players total
293Appearances
41Goals
18Assists
38Yellow cards
0Red cards
99Full matches (90′)
| Full name | Diego León |
|---|---|
| Name in home country | Diego León Ayarza |
| Date of birth | 1984-01-16 (42 yrs) |
| Place of birth | Palencia, Spain |
| Citizenship |  Spain |
| Position | Midfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield) |
| Foot | N/A |
| Height | 0.00 m |
| Current club | Retired |
| Joined | 2017-07-01 |
| Contract expires | — |
Jul 2017
Transfer: Al-Mesaimeer → Retired
17/18 · Transfer
Aug 2016
Transfer: Doxa Katokopias → Al-Mesaimeer
16/17 · Transfer
Jan 2016
Transfer: Olymp. Volou → Doxa Katokopias
15/16 · Transfer
Aug 2015
Transfer: Nea Salamis → Olymp. Volou
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — Olympiakos Volou, Doxa Katokopias
20 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Nea Salamina Famagusta
26 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Nea Salamina Famagusta
31 matches · 7 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: AOK Kerkyra → Nea Salamis
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
Transfer: Nea Salamis → AO Kerkyra
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — AO Kerkyra
28 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Nea Salamina Famagusta
21 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: W. Burghausen → Nea Salamis
11/12 · Transfer
Jan 2011
Transfer: Without Club → W. Burghausen
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2010
10/11 — SV Wacker Burghausen
11 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2010
Transfer: UD Las Palmas → Without Club
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2009
09/10 — UD Las Palmas
22 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Barnsley → UD Las Palmas
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2008
08/09 — Barnsley FC
21 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2008
Transfer: Grasshoppers → Barnsley
07/08 · Transfer
Jul 2007
07/08 — Grasshopper Club Zürich U21, Barnsley FC, Grasshopper Club Zurich
32 matches · 9 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Grasshopper Club Zurich
36 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2006
Transfer: RM Castilla → Grasshoppers
06/07 · Transfer
Jun 2006
Transfer: Arm. Bielefeld → RM Castilla
05/06 · Return from loan
Jul 2005
05/06 — Arminia Bielefeld, Arminia Bielefeld II
22 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2005
Transfer: Real Madrid B → Arm. Bielefeld
04/05 · Loan
Jul 2004
04/05 — Real Madrid B, Arminia Bielefeld, Arminia Bielefeld II
13 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2003
03/04 — Real Madrid B
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2002
02/03 — Real Madrid B
9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2002
Transfer: Real Madrid C → Real Madrid B
02/03 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
Percentile rank vs 694 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 15/16. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).
Goals2 total · 0.27/90
Assists4 total · 0.53/90
G+A6 total · 0.80/90
Yellow cards3 total · 0.40/90
Minutes played by club
Doxa Katokopias
3.3%
Olympiakos Volou
4.3%
Nea Salamina Famagusta
37.4%
AO Kerkyra
0.0%
SV Wacker Burghausen
0.0%
UD Las Palmas
13.5%
Barnsley FC
27.8%
Grasshopper Club Zurich
9.8%
Grasshopper Club Zürich U21
1.0%
Arminia Bielefeld
0.5%
Arminia Bielefeld II
2.4%
Real Madrid B
0.0%
| Club | Seasons | First | Last | Matches | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doxa Katokopias | 1 | 15/16 | 15/16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 294 |
| Olympiakos Volou | 1 | 15/16 | 15/16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 380 |
| Nea Salamina Famagusta | 3 | 11/12 | 14/15 | 78 | 14 | 1 | 3,338 |
| AO Kerkyra | 1 | 12/13 | 12/13 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| SV Wacker Burghausen | 1 | 10/11 | 10/11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| UD Las Palmas | 1 | 09/10 | 09/10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1,201 |
| Barnsley FC | 2 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 2,478 |
| Grasshopper Club Zurich | 2 | 06/07 | 07/08 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 875 |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich U21 | 1 | 07/08 | 07/08 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 87 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2 | 04/05 | 05/06 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Arminia Bielefeld II | 2 | 04/05 | 05/06 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 214 |
| Real Madrid B | 3 | 02/03 | 04/05 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value
Goals by season
Assists by season
| Season | Competition | Club | Matches | Goals | Assists | YC | RC | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/16 | Football League | Olympiakos Volou | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 380 |
| 15/16 | Protathlima Cyta | Doxa Katokopias | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 294 |
| 15/16 | Relegation Round | Doxa Katokopias | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14/15 | Cyprus League Relegation Round | Nea Salamina Famagusta | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 646 |
| 14/15 | Protathlima ML | Nea Salamina Famagusta | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 499 |
| 13/14 | Abstiegsrunde | Nea Salamina Famagusta | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 264 |
| 13/14 | Protathlima ML | Nea Salamina Famagusta | 24 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 418 |
| 12/13 | Kypello Elladas | AO Kerkyra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12/13 | Super League 1 | AO Kerkyra | 26 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11/12 | Platzierungsrunde | Nea Salamina Famagusta | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 180 |
| 11/12 | Protathlima ML | Nea Salamina Famagusta | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1,331 |
| 10/11 | 3. Liga | SV Wacker Burghausen | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/10 | 2ª División | UD Las Palmas | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1,201 |
| 09/10 | Copa del Rey | UD Las Palmas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/09 | Championship | Barnsley FC | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1,217 |
| 08/09 | FA Cup | Barnsley FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/09 | League Cup | Barnsley FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/08 | 1. Liga Gr. 3 (- 11/12) | Grasshopper Club Zürich U21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 |
| 07/08 | Championship | Barnsley FC | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,261 |
| 07/08 | FA Cup | Barnsley FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/08 | Super League | Grasshopper Club Zurich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 06/07 | Super League | Grasshopper Club Zurich | 25 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 508 |
| 06/07 | Swisscom Cup | Grasshopper Club Zurich | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 121 |
| 06/07 | UEFA Cup | Grasshopper Club Zurich | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 246 |
| 06/07 | UEFA-Cup Qualifikation | Grasshopper Club Zurich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 06/07 | UI Cup | Grasshopper Club Zurich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/06 | Bundesliga | Arminia Bielefeld | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 05/06 | DFB-Pokal | Arminia Bielefeld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/06 | Oberliga Westfalen | Arminia Bielefeld II | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 |
| 04/05 | 2ª B - Grupo I | Real Madrid B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/05 | Bundesliga | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/05 | DFB-Pokal | Arminia Bielefeld | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/05 | Regionalliga Nord | Arminia Bielefeld II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 03/04 | 2ª B - Grupo II | Real Madrid B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 02/03 | 2ª B - Grupo I | Real Madrid B | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | Date | From | To | Type | Market value | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/03 | 2002-07-01 | Real Madrid C | Real Madrid B | Transfer | 0 | — |
| 04/05 | 2005-01-01 | Real Madrid B | Arm. Bielefeld | Loan | 300000 | — |
| 05/06 | 2006-06-30 | Arm. Bielefeld | RM Castilla | Return from loan | 300000 | — |
| 06/07 | 2006-07-01 | RM Castilla | Grasshoppers | Transfer | 300000 | — |
| 07/08 | 2008-01-01 | Grasshoppers | Barnsley | Transfer | 450000 | — |
| 09/10 | 2009-07-01 | Barnsley | UD Las Palmas | Transfer | 1000000 | — |
| 10/11 | 2010-07-01 | UD Las Palmas | Without Club | Transfer | 500000 | — |
| 10/11 | 2011-01-01 | Without Club | W. Burghausen | Transfer | 300000 | — |
| 11/12 | 2011-07-01 | W. Burghausen | Nea Salamis | Transfer | 200000 | — |
| 12/13 | 2012-07-09 | Nea Salamis | AO Kerkyra | Transfer | 200000 | — |
| 13/14 | 2013-07-01 | AOK Kerkyra | Nea Salamis | Transfer | 350000 | — |
| 15/16 | 2015-08-04 | Nea Salamis | Olymp. Volou | Transfer | 200000 | — |
| 15/16 | 2016-01-16 | Olymp. Volou | Doxa Katokopias | Transfer | 200000 | — |
| 16/17 | 2016-08-01 | Doxa Katokopias | Al-Mesaimeer | Transfer | 200000 | — |
| 17/18 | 2017-07-01 | Al-Mesaimeer | Retired | Transfer | 150000 | — |
No recorded injuries.
Current—
Peak€1.00m
Low—
Δ since start−€300k
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1970 | — |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €150k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €150k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €200k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €200k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €350k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €350k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €200k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €500k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €500k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €300k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €1.00m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €1.00m |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €600k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €550k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €450k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €600k |
| Jan 1, 1970 | €300k |
| Team | Shirt | Matches | Goals | Debut | Age at debut | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team #33775 | — | 16 | 6 | — | — | former national player |
| Team #12395 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | former national player |
| Teammate | PPG played with | Joint goals | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eze Vincent Okeuhie | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stergios Psianos | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dino Skvorc | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.
Top goalscoring seasons
| Season | Competition | Club | Goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/08 | 1. Liga Gr. 3 (- 11/12) | Grasshopper Club Zürich U21 | 8 | 8 |
| 05/06 | Oberliga Westfalen | Arminia Bielefeld II | 7 | 17 |
| 13/14 | Protathlima ML | Nea Salamina Famagusta | 5 | 24 |
Top assist seasons
| Season | Competition | Club | Assists | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/11 | 3. Liga | SV Wacker Burghausen | 3 | 11 |
| 06/07 | Super League | Grasshopper Club Zurich | 3 | 25 |
| 08/09 | Championship | Barnsley FC | 2 | 19 |
Every loan spell across this player's career.
| Season | Date | From | To | Type | Fee | Value at transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/06 | 2006-06-30 | Arm. Bielefeld | RM Castilla | Return from loan | — | €300k |
| 04/05 | 2005-01-01 | Real Madrid B | Arm. Bielefeld | Loan | — | €300k |
Teams faced most often by Diego León's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).
| Opponent | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 36% |
| Blackpool FC | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 36% |
| Coventry City | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 21% |
| Bristol City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 17% |
| Ipswich Town | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 25% |
| Sheffield United | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 10% |
| Leicester City | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 20% |
| Burnley FC | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 40% |
| Cardiff City | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 20% |
| Preston North End | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 30% |
| Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 20% |
| Crystal Palace | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 30% |
Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.
| Season / Year | Milestone | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 02/03 | Senior debut season | |
| 05/06 | First senior goal |
Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.
| Season | Matches | Mins | YC | 2nd YC | RC | Cards / 90′ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/16 | 20 | 674 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| 14/15 | 26 | 1,145 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.39 |
| 13/14 | 31 | 682 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.79 |
| 12/13 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11/12 | 21 | 1,511 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.24 |
| 09/10 | 22 | 1,201 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 |
| 08/09 | 21 | 1,217 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 |
| 07/08 | 32 | 1,348 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 |
| 06/07 | 36 | 875 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.62 |
| 03/04 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Output by competition
Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.
Protathlima ML
65 apps
10 G
3 A
1. Liga Gr. 3 (- 11/12)
8 apps
8 G
0 A
Oberliga Westfalen
17 apps
7 G
0 A
Super League
29 apps
3 G
3 A
Relegation Round
24 apps
3 G
0 A
Championship
37 apps
2 G
3 A
Platzierungsrunde
4 apps
2 G
0 A
Swisscom Cup
3 apps
2 G
0 A
Football League
5 apps
1 G
2 A
2ª División
22 apps
1 G
1 A
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Who is Diego León?
Diego León is a Spain professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for Retired.
How old is Diego León?
Diego León is 42 years old. He was born on January 16, 1984 in Palencia.
What position does Diego León play?
Diego León plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).
What club does Diego León play for?
Diego León currently plays for Retired.
How many career goals has Diego León scored?
Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Diego León has scored 41 goals in 293 appearances.