Tato (footballer, born 1992)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díez and the second or maternal family name is Ocerín.
Tato
Tato with Toma Maglie in 2023
Tato with Toma Maglie in 2023
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Díez Ocerín
Date of birth (1992-07-09) 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 Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Racing B 87 (14)
2011 Racing Santander 2 (0)
2013–2014 Sestao 30 (1)
2014–2015 Sporting B 29 (3)
2015–2016 Zira 32 (5)
2016 Escobedo 2 (3)
2016–2017 Orihuela 9 (1)
2017–2018 CD Azuqueca
2018 Mons Calpe 4 (0)
2018–2019 Chieti
2020–2021 Martina
2021 Real Potosí 2 (0)
2021–2022 Sulmona
2022 Terracina
2022 Teramo
2023 Bruno's Magpies 9 (0)
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

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