Diego Ifrán

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1987)}}

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| name = Diego Ifrán

| image =

| fullname = Diego Ifrán Sala

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|6|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cerro Chato, Uruguay

| height = {{convert|1.74|m|abbr=on}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

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| years1 = 2006–2008 | clubs1 = Fénix | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 19

| years2 = 2008–2010 | clubs2 = Danubio | caps2 = 45 | goals2 = 27

| years3 = 2010–2015 | clubs3 = Real Sociedad | caps3 = 52 | goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2014 | clubs4 = → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = → Tenerife (loan) | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 11

| years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = Peñarol | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 4

| years7 = 2016 | clubs7 = Sporting Cristal | caps7 = 21 | goals7 = 9

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{{family name hatnote|Ifrán|Sala|lang=Spanish}}

Diego Ifrán Sala (born 8 June 1987) is an Uruguayan former footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Cerro Chato, Ifrán began his career with Fénix, where he played between 2006 and 2008. In the 2008 summer he moved to local giants Danubio.

On 13 August 2010 Ifrán signed a five-year deal with Real Sociedad, despite being sidelined due to a severe knee injury.{{cite web |url=http://real-sociedad.diariovasco.com/noticias/2010-08-13/ifran-firma-cinco-temporadas-20100813.html |title=Ifrán firma por cinco temporadas |trans-title=Ifrán signs for five seasons |language=Spanish |publisher=Diario Vasco |date=13 August 2010}} He made his debut on 7 March of the following year, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–2 loss at Deportivo de La Coruña.{{cite web|url=http://espnfc.com/gamecast?id=302187&cc=3888 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140317212352/http://espnfc.com/gamecast?id=302187&cc=3888 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 March 2014 |title=Deportivo La Coruña 2–1 Real Sociedad |publisher=ESPN FC |date=7 March 2011 }} His first goal came on 3 April, but in a 1–3 home loss against Hércules CF.{{cite web |url=http://espnfc.com/match?id=301825&cc=3888 |title=Real Sociedad 1–3 Hércules |publisher=ESPN FC |date=3 April 2011}}

On 8 July 2013 Ifrán suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury,{{cite web |url=http://www.marca.com/2013/07/08/futbol/equipos/real_sociedad/1373278039.html |title=Ifrán dice adiós al año 2013 |trans-title=Ifrán says goodbye to 2013 |language=Spanish |publisher=Marca |date=8 July 2013}} being sidelined until January of the following year.{{cite web |url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/12/29/primera/1388340896_872763.html |title=Diego Ifran, primer 'fichaje invernal' de la Real Sociedad |trans-title=Diego Ifran, first 'winter signing' of Real Sociedad |language=Spanish |publisher=Diario AS |date=29 December 2013}} On 19 March 2014 he was loaned to Deportivo until June.{{cite web |url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2014/03/12/primera/1394662798_375472.html |title=La Real hace oficial la cesión de Diego Ifrán al Deportivo |trans-title=Real makes official the loan of Diego Ifrán to Deportivo |language=Spanish |publisher=Diario AS |date=19 March 2014}}

On 1 August 2014 Ifrán moved to fellow Segunda División side CD Tenerife, also in a temporary deal.{{cite web|url=http://www.realsociedad.com/document/view/spa/374/177198/diego-ifran--loaned-to-cdtenerife|title=Diego Ifrán, loaned to CDTenerife|publisher=Real Sociedad's official website|date=1 August 2014|accessdate=6 August 2014}} On 2 July 2015, he joined Peñarol.{{cite web|title=Cargado de ilusiones|url=http://www.peñarol.org/uc_3726_1.html|publisher=CA Penarol|accessdate=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012141007/http://www.xn--pearol-xwa.org/uc_3726_1.html|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

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