Nicolás de la Cruz

Diego Nicolás de la Cruz Arcosa (born 1 June 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Flamengo and the Uruguay national team.

On 15 August 2017, de la Cruz joined Argentinian club River Plate, signing a four-year contract.

On 24 December 2023, it was announced that de la Cruz would join Brazilian club Flamengo at the start of the 2024 season, signing a four-year contract.

De la Cruz began his international career for Uruguay with under-17 team.

He was captain of Uruguay under-20 team which won 2017 South American U-20 Championship and reached semi-finals of 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

On 18 September 2020, de la Cruz was included in Uruguay's 26-men preliminary squad for World Cup qualifying matches against Chile and Ecuador.

He was later included in the final squad and made his senior debut on 8 October 2020 in Uruguay's 2–1 win against Chile.

He started the match and played 55 minutes before getting replaced by Nahitan Nández.

De la Cruz is the half-brother of former Uruguayan international footballer Carlos Sánchez.

Their nephew Facundo Trinidad is also a professional footballer.

All three of them are youth academy graduates of Liverpool Montevideo.

In 2022 he obtained Argentine citizenship.

Liverpool

River Plate

Uruguay