Nacho Díez

Ignacio "Nacho" Díez de la Faya (born April 23, 1996) is a Spanish basketball player. Díez is currently the captain of Real Madrid Junior (Under-18) basketball team.
He is brother of Dani Díez, a Real Madrid basketball player.

Nacho Díez is a competitive and solid player, with a great potential of physical development ahead. He's smart, a great defender and he's able to anticipate his rival's movements. Offensively, he can shoot from different positions and from three-point range.

He started his playing career in the Adecco Estudiantes, team that he left to join the U-14 Real Madrid Baloncesto in 2009. In his first seasons with Real Madrid, he obtained the Madrid Infantil (U-14) Championship in 2010 and the Madrid Cadete (U-16) Championship in 2012, being selected as the team's MVP.

In 2012 he joins Real Madrid Baloncesto junior team. On April, 2013, they won the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship, by defeating Asefa Estudiantes in the final. A month later, they reached the third position in the Spanish Junior (U-18) Championship.

During the 2013/14 season he was appointed as Real Madrid junior team's captain. In January 2014, they won the prestigious Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (NIJT), a championship that Real Madrid hadn't won since 2006.

On April 13, 2014, Real Madrid junior team wins again the Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship, by defeating Estudiantes and Torrelodones in the Final Four.

On May 10, 2014, Real Madrid won the 2014 Spain Junior (U-18) Championship, a title that they hadn't obtained for 14 years.

Teams

• 2003/09  ESP Estudiantes
• 2009/10  ESP U-14 Infantil Real Madrid Baloncesto
• 2010/12  ESP U-16 Cadete Real Madrid Baloncesto
• 2012/14  ESP U-18 Junior Real Madrid Baloncesto
• 2014-  USA Bloomfield College

Spanish national team

On April, 2014, he played with Under-18 Spanish national team at Barakaldo Tournament. Later that month, he was preselected to participate in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, to be played during summer 2014 at Konya (Turkey).

Real Madrid

• Champion of Madrid Infantil (U-14) Championship 2010.
• Champion of Madrid Cadete (U-16) Championship 2012.
• Champion of Madrid Junior (U-18) Championship 2013 and 2014.
• Champion of Ciutat De L'Hospitalet Tournament (NIJT) 2014.
• Champion of Spain Junior (U-18) Championship 2014.