Diego Nicolas de la Cruz Arcosa (born 1 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Argentine club River Plate and the Uruguay national team.
De la Cruz began his international career for Uruguay with under-17 team. He was captain of Uruguay under-20 team which won 2017 South American U-20 Championship and reached semi-finals of 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
On 18 September 2020, de la Cruz was included in Uruguay's 26-men preliminary squad for World Cup qualifying matches against Chile and Ecuador. He was later included in the final squad and made his senior debut on 8 October 2020 in Uruguay's 2–1 win against Chile. He started the match and played 55 minutes before getting replaced by Nahitan Nandez. |