Diego Cervero

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Diego Cervero
Personal information
Date of birth	August 13, 1983 (1983-08-13) (age 24)
Place of birth	Oviedo Asturias, Spain
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Real Oviedo
Youth clubs
	Real Oviedo B
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2006 2006-2007 2007 2007-	Real Oviedo UD Marbella CD Lealtad Real Oviedo	87 (33) 06 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Diego Cervero (born 13 August 1983 in Oviedo Asturias) is a professional football player, currently playing for Real Oviedo, the champions of the region of Asturias. His favoured position is Centre Forward.

[edit] Football career

Cervero is a pure product of Real Oviedo youth academy. He was the first player to sign a professional contract with Real Oviedo after the Real Oviedo bankruptcy and relegation to third division. In his early years, Cervero started his career at Oviedo with B team, he helped the B team to promote to Segunda División B. After Real Oviedo bankruptcy, he integrated first team in September 2003 and played until summer 2006, he helped the club to promote to Segunda División B in summer 2005. He left in summer 2006, he became a cult hero to the fans, lots of fans were sad to see him go. After an unsuccessful trial with Oldham Athletic, manager John Sheridan thought that he was not good enough for the club, he signed with Union Deportiva Marbella in Segunda División B. In January, he came back to Asturias on loan to Tercera División club Lealtad where he played play-offs to promote to Segunda División B. He formed an incredible duo with Armando Quesada. At the end of the season, both players were transferred to Real Oviedo which was relegated to Tercera División.
His nickname is Diegol.
He played with the Spanish U16 national team.