Nicolás de la Cruz
Diego Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa (born 1 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Argentine Primera División club River Plate and the Uruguay national team.

International career
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 15 August 2017, de la Cruz joined Argentinian club River Plate, signing a 4-year contract.

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 Nández.

Personal life
De la Cruz is the half-brother of former Uruguayan international footballer Carlos Sánchez. Their nephew Facundo Trinidad is also a professional footballer. All three of them are youth academy graduates of Liverpool Montevideo.

In 2022 he obtained Argentine citizenship.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each de la Cruz goal.

Honours
Liverpool
Segunda División: 2014-15

River Plate
Copa Argentina: 2017, 2019
Supercopa Argentina: 2017, 2019
Copa Libertadores: 2018
Recopa Sudamericana: 2019
Argentine Primera División: 2021, 2023
Trofeo de Campeones:2021

Uruguai
South American U-20 Championship: 2017

References

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1997 births
Living people
Uruguayan men's footballers
Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers
Uruguay men's international footballers
Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Uruguayan Primera División players
Argentine Primera División players
Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Footballers from Montevideo
Men's association football forwards
2021 Copa América players
2022 FIFA World Cup players