{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Diego Meijide | fullname = Diego Martín Meijide Blanco | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|5|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay | height = {{height|m=1.87|precision=0}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1995–1997 | years2 = 1997–1999 | years3 = 1999–2001 | years4 = 2002 | years5 = 2002 | years6 = 2003–2004 | years7 = 2004–2005 | years8 = 2005–2006 | years9 = 2006–2007 | years10 = 2007–2008 | years11 = 2008–2009 | years12 = 2009–2010 | years13 = 2010–2011 | years14 = 2012 | years15 = 2012 | clubs1 = Miramar Misiones | clubs2 = Deportivo Maldonado | clubs3 = Bella Vista | clubs4 = Villa Española | clubs5 = Tianjin Teda | clubs6 = Pinatar CF | clubs7 = Mazarrón CF | clubs8 = Panserraikos FC | clubs9 = CD Torrevieja | clubs10 = Real Oviedo | clubs11 = Novelda CF | clubs12 = Torrellano Illice | clubs13 = CD Torrevieja | clubs14 = Elche Ilicitano | clubs15 = CD Eldense | caps1 = | caps2 = - | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = 6 | caps6 = | caps7 = | caps8 = 22 | caps9 = | caps10 = 28 | caps11 = | caps12 = | caps13 = 10 | caps14 = 1 | caps15 = | goals1 = | goals2 = 5 | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = | goals7 = | goals8 = 2 | goals9 = | goals10 = 5 | goals11 = | goals12 = | goals13 = 7 | goals14 = 1 | goals15 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Diego Martín Meijide Blanco''' (born May 9, 1976, in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan Association football player. He also holds Spanish citizenship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Diego Meijide |url=https://www.scoutfutbol.com/jugadores/diego_meijide.htm |website=www.scoutfutbol.com |access-date=16 December 2025}}</ref> His main position is central defender.
== Clubs career == In the 2007–08 season he played for Real Oviedo, the champions of the region of Asturias (winners of the Trofeo Principado in 2007).
Signed from CD Torrevieja in 2006, with whom he played for five seasons, he was player of the season at that club in all five of those seasons.{{citation needed|date=November 2007}} He rejoined the club in July 2010.
In March 2012, he left CD Torrevieja for Elche Ilicitano.<ref>{{cite web |last1=FERNÁNDEZ |first1=JAVIER |title=El central Diego Meijide deja el Torrevieja y ficha por el Elche Ilicitano |url=https://www.informacion.es/deportes/2012/03/20/central-diego-meijide-deja-torrevieja-6846446.html |website=Información |access-date=16 December 2025 |language=es |date=20 March 2012}}</ref>
In July 2012, he signed for CD Eldense. He left the club in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MUÑOZ |first1=JUAN |title=El uruguayo Meijide se va del Eldense para volver a su país |url=https://www.informacion.es/deportes/2012/12/18/uruguayo-meijide-eldense-volver-pais-6712470.html |website=Información |access-date=16 December 2025 |language=es |date=18 December 2012}}</ref>
==Honours and awards== *Promotion to Primera División Uruguaya: 1998 Deportivo Maldonado (Promotion/relegation playoff winner)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/servlet/hprfchju?1,1364,1%2F1364%2F25%2F,1,275 Profile at tenfieldigital.com.uy] {{in lang|es}} * [https://www.livefutbol.com/person/pe342177/diego-meijide/ Diego Meijide, Perfil] {{in lang|es}} * {{BDFutbol|307648}} * {{BeSoccer|diego-martin-meijide-blanco}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meijide, Diego}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Montevideo Category:Uruguayan men's footballers Category:Uruguayan people of Spanish descent Category:Miramar Misiones players Category:Deportivo Maldonado players Category:C.A. Bella Vista players Category:Real Oviedo players Category:Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Category:Panserraikos F.C. players Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in China Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Greece Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:CD Torrevieja players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
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