- Diego Rubio
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rubio and the second or maternal family name is Köstner.
Diego Rubio Personal information Full name Diego Iván Rubio Köstner Date of birth 17 May 1993 Place of birth Santiago, Chile Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Sporting CP Number 33 Youth career 2005–2007 Universidad Católica 2007–2010 Colo-Colo Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2011 Colo-Colo 11 (8) 2011– Sporting CP 8 (8) National team‡ 2011– Chile 1 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2011, (UTC) 00:16.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2011, (UTC) 00:21Diego Iván Rubio Köstner (born 17 May 1993) is a Chilean football player who plays as a striker for Sporting CP, in Liga ZON Sagres, and the Chile national team.
He is the son of former Colo-Colo forward Hugo Rubio and brother of fellow professional footballers Eduardo and Matías Rubio. He is also the godchild of former star player Iván Zamorano and his wife María Alberó.
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Club career
Early career
Rubio began his football career with Universidad Católica. However, when he was 14, he took the decision to move to his favorite team Colo-Colo. After one year in the bench with Colo-Colo, in the next season Diego was consecrated in the youth team. After many seasons in the youth ranks, he was promoted to the first professional team in January 2011.
Colo-Colo
Rubio made his professional debut for Colo-Colo in a pre-season friendly against Deportes La Serena as a starter. In other pre-season game, Diego scored his first unofficial goals for the club, in a 3–1 won against Unión Española, in where he scored two goals for his team, being named the man of the match.
His Chilean Primera División came on 14 February 2011 against Unión San Felipe, as a 84th-minute substitution in a 2–0 away defeat. In a Copa Libertadores game played against Santos in Brazil, he scored his first professional goal, but the match finished in a 3–2 loss. On 19 April, Rubio scored his first two goals in the Primera División against La Serena, at 30th and 62nd minute, being named the man of match, in a 4–1 home win. He finally was consecrated in the club in a international game for the Libertadores against Táchira, Rubio gave the 2–1 victory to the club, scoring the two goals of Colo-Colo, after a early goal of Edgar Pérez Greco at 4th minute. After his club's performances, was rumored that Udinese are interested in Rubio.
He played his first derby game against his former youth club Universidad Católica, participating in the equalizer goal of Colo-Colo giving an assistance to Ezequiel Miralles at 81st minute, putting the 1–1 draw. The coach Américo Gallego nominated to Rubio for play the major debry of the Chilean football against Universidad de Chile, however, he only playing 30 minutes in a 2–1 loss.
Sporting CP
On 5 July 2011, Rubio joined Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal, signing a five-year contract with a 30M€ minimum fee release clause.
International career
On 31 May 2011, Rubio was called up by Chilean national team manager Claudio Borghi to take part in the 28 man pre-list preparatory process for the upcoming 2011 Copa America.[1] He officially debuted with Chile national team on 23 June 2011, in a match against Paraguay, the last match of Chile before the Copa América.
Personal life
Diego is the son of Hugo Rubio. Currently working at the Passball company as a football agent, Hugo was a successful football player, having spent most of his extensive career in his country with a short spell in European football, specifically in Italy and Switzerland. Hugo also was a member of the Chile squad at the Copa América of 1987 and 1991. Diego has two footballer brothers, Eduardo, currently playing in Deportes La Serena, and Matías, who plays for Rangers on loan from Universidad Católica. Diego Rubio is also godchild of the Chilean football legend Iván Zamorano.[2]
On 15 May 2011, was reported that Rubio was on a list of most popular Chilean players on Twitter with 1,247 fans, in the 12th place of 14 players. The list was led by Jorge Valdivia, in the 1st place with more of 50,000 fans.[3]
References
- ^ "Diego Rubio fue nominado a la Selección Chilena"
- ^ "Blog del diario As destaca a Diego Rubio: "Puede dar mucho que hablar"". La Tercera.com (La Tercera). 27 April 2011. http://latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2011/04/656-360787-9-blog-del-diario-as-sobre-diego-rubio-puede-dar-mucho-que-hablar.shtml.
- ^ [http://latercera.com/noticia/deportes/futbol/colo- colo/2011/04/713-358681-9-diego-rubio-se-une-a-los-futbolistas-chilenos-con-mas-seguidores-en-twitter.shtml "Diego Rubio se une a los futbolistas chilenos con más seguidores en twitter"]. La Tercera. 2011-04-15. http://latercera.com/noticia/deportes/futbol/colo- colo/2011/04/713-358681-9-diego-rubio-se-une-a-los-futbolistas-chilenos-con-mas-seguidores-en-twitter.shtml.
External links
Sporting Clube de Portugal – current squad 1 Patrício · 2 Rodríguez · 3 Carriço (c) · 4 Polga · 5 Onyewu · 6 Evaldo · 7 Bojinov · 8 Schaars · 9 Van Wolfswinkel · 10 Izmailov · 11 Capel · 12 Marcelo · 14 Matías · 16 Tiago · 17 Jeffrén · 18 Carrillo · 19 Arias · 21 Rinaudo · 25 Pereirinha · 26 A. Santos · 28 A. Martins · 33 Rubio · 47 J. Pereira · 48 Insúa · 77 Elias · Manager: Domingos
Categories:- 1993 births
- Living people
- Chilean people of German descent
- Chilean footballers
- Association football forwards
- CSD Colo-Colo players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primeira Liga players
- Sporting Clube de Portugal footballers
- Chile international footballers
- Chilean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
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