Diego de Buen, Central Midfield at Atlético Morelia

Central Midfield · Midfielder

#6 Diego de Buen

Atlético Morelia Liga de Expansión MX · Mexico

Date of birth / Age: 3 Jul 1991 (35)
Height · Weight: 1.82 m · 80 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Mexico
Joined club: 1 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2026

Date of birth / Age: 3 Jul 1991 (35)
Height · Weight: 1.82 m · 80 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Mexico
Joined club: 1 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2026

Season 2026/27

Appearances: 7
Starting eleven: 7
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 3
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 593

Starting eleven100%

7 of 7 appearances

Minutes played593

85 per appearance

Goal involvement1

1 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

296 matches · since 2014/15

RWCFAMDMCBCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	137	15	6
Centre-Back	81	3	1
Defensive Midfield	70	11	4
Attacking Midfield	6	0	0
Other · CF, RW	2	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #823; defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #290; among defensive midfielders aged 30+
In his league: 66%; of Liga de Expansión MX defensive midfielders rank below him
Finishing: +3.1; goals above expected · better than 95% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

9 Expected

5.9

76 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

2 Expected

2.2

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Liga de Expansión MX	Atlético Morelia	7	7	1	0	3	0	0	593
2025/26	Liga MX	Necaxa	13	11	1	1	3	0	0	994
2025/26	Primera División	Sporting FC	10	2	0	1	1	0	0	289
2025	Leagues Cup	Necaxa	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	226
2024/25	Liga MX	Puebla	17	17	1	–	2	–	0	1,429
2024/25	Liga MX	Necaxa	12	9	1	–	3	–	0	783
2024/25	U23 League	Necaxa U23	1	1	2	–	0	–	0	71
2024	Leagues Cup	Puebla	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	179
2023/24	Liga MX	Puebla	36	36	6	1	7	0	0	3,211
2023	Leagues Cup	Puebla	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	151
2022/23	Liga MX	Puebla	38	38	1	2	5	0	0	3,411
2021/22	Liga MX	Puebla	36	28	3	0	8	0	0	2,533
2020/21	Liga de Expansión MX	Jaiba Brava	20	20	6	2	4	0	0	1,811
2020/21	Liga MX	Puebla	9	3	0	1	2	0	0	309
2020/21	U20 League	Puebla U20	2	2	1	–	1	–	0	180
2019/20	U20 League	Santos Laguna U20	8	8	1	–	0	–	0	720
2019/20	Liga de Expansión MX	Jaiba Brava	7	7	3	1	2	0	0	617
2019/20	Liga MX	Santos Laguna	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
2019/20	Copa MX	Santos Laguna	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
2018/19	U20 League	Santos Laguna U20	14	14	3	–	2	–	0	1,227
2018/19	Liga MX	Santos Laguna	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	44
2018/19	Copa MX	Santos Laguna	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	316
2019	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Santos Laguna	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	31
2017/18	Liga MX	Santos Laguna	28	18	2	1	1	0	0	1,660
2017/18	Copa MX	Santos Laguna	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	224
2016/17	Liga MX	Santos Laguna	25	10	1	0	0	0	1	1,046
2016/17	Copa MX	Santos Laguna	9	8	2	–	0	–	0	667
2015/16	Liga MX	Club Tijuana	14	14	0	–	3	–	0	1,217
2015/16	Liga MX	Santos Laguna	8	2	0	–	1	–	0	237
2015/16	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Santos Laguna	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	148
2014/15	Liga MX	Pachuca	20	8	2	0	0	0	0	855
2014/15	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Pachuca	4	4	1	–	0	–	0	358
2013/14	Liga MX	Puebla	17	17	1	–	4	–	0	1,445
2013/14	Liga MX	Pachuca	14	5	1	–	2	–	0	664
2013/14	Copa MX	Pachuca	7	7	1	–	1	–	0	563
2012/13	Liga MX	Puebla	31	28	4	–	3	–	0	2,190
2012/13	Copa MX	Puebla	11	9	1	–	2	–	0	731
2011/12	Liga MX	Pumas UNAM	7	4	0	–	1	–	0	282
2011/12	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Pumas UNAM	6	5	0	–	0	–	0	459
2011	FIFA U20 World Cup	Mexico U20	7	7	1	–	1	–	0	548
2010/11	Liga de Expansión MX	Pumas Morelos	10	3	0	–	0	–	0	295
2011	CONCACAF U20	Mexico U20	5	4	1	–	0	–	0	391
2008/09	Liga de Expansión MX	Pumas Morelos	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	0

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			479	373	50	10^*	66	0^*	1	33,383

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Liga MX	329	24	6
Liga de Expansión MX	45	10	3
Copa MX	37	4	–
U20 League	24	5	–
CONCACAF Champions Cup	14	2	–
Mexico U20	12	2	–
Primera División	10	0	1
Leagues Cup	7	1	–
U23 League	1	2	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2026 Jul 2026 · Free Transfer Sporting FC Atlético Morelia Free Transfer
Feb 2026 Feb 2026 · Transfer Necaxa Sporting FC Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2025 Jan 2025 · Transfer Puebla Necaxa Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2021 Jan 2021 · Transfer Santos Laguna Puebla Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Dec 2020 Dec 2020 · Loan Santos Laguna Jaiba Brava Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Dec 2020 Dec 2020 · Back from Loan Jaiba Brava Santos Laguna Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2016 Jan 2016 · Transfer Club Tijuana Santos Laguna Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Transfer Pachuca Club Tijuana Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2014 Jan 2014 · Transfer Pumas de la Universidad Nacion Pachuca Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Dec 2013 Dec 2013 · Back from Loan Puebla Pumas de la Universidad Nacion Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2012 Jul 2012 · Loan Pumas de la Universidad Nacion Puebla Loan Fee in TSH subscription

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