Luis Alberto Díez Ocerín

Tato

Personal information
Full name	Luis Alberto Díez Ocerín
Date of birth	9 July 1992
Place of birth	Santander, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Zira
Number	32
Youth career
	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2013	Racing B	87	(14)
2011	Racing Santander	2	(0)
2013–2014	Sestao	30	(1)
2014–2015	Sporting B	29	(3)
2015–	Zira	22	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 February 2016. † Appearances (goals)

Luis Alberto Díez Ocerín (born 9 July 1992), commonly known as Tato, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Azerbaijani club Zira FK as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Santander, Cantabria, Tato was a product of hometown club Racing de Santander's youth ranks. He made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2009–10 campaign, aged only 17, in Segunda División B.

Tato made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 6 March 2011, playing the last two minutes in a 1–3 home defeat against Real Madrid.^[1] He spent the vast majority of his spell registered with the B-side, however.

On 26 June 2013 Tato signed with Sestao River Club, in Segunda División B.^[2] After featuring regularly for the Basque he moved to another reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B in the same level.^[3]

References

1. Benzema double keeps Real hopes alive; ESPN Soccernet, 6 March 2011
2. L.A. Díez "Tato" nuevo jugador verdinegro (L.A. Díez "Tato", new verdinegro player); Sestao's official website, 26 June 2013 (Spanish)
3. El Sporting B ficha al centrocampista Tato y renuevan Alberto y Guitián (Sporting B signs midfielder Tato and Alberto and Guitián renew); Sporting's official website, 17 July 2014 (Spanish)

External links

• Racing Santander official profile (Spanish)
• Tato profile at BDFutbol
• Tato profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
• Tato profile at Soccerway