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My Take
I find Diego Rico the kind of player only purists fully appreciate. A left-back born in Burgos, he is not the man who grabs headlines, but he is the one who quietly holds a defensive line together while supplying the flank. Surviving in La Liga for years tells me everything about his reading of the game and his discipline. There is something I genuinely respect about footballers who build a long career on reliability rather than flair. The public details are thin, but his persistence at the top level speaks loudly enough. I will always root for the unglamorous craftsmen of the game.
Overview
Diego Rico Salguero (born 23 February 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Getafe CF.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Diego Rico
- Name (Japanese)
- ディエゴ・リコ
- Reading
- でぃえご・りこ
- Born
- February 23, 1993 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- Burgos, Province of Burgos, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 181 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Spain →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.