Nicolás de la Cruz

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

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

Flamengo
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.

International career
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.

Personal life
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.

International

 * Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each de la Cruz goal.

Honours
Liverpool Montevideo
 * Segunda División: 2014–15

River Plate
 * Copa Argentina: 2017, 2019
 * Supercopa Argentina: 2017, 2019
 * Copa Libertadores: 2018
 * Recopa Sudamericana: 2019
 * Argentine Primera División: 2021, 2023
 * Trofeo de Campeones: 2021, 2023

Flamengo
 * Campeonato Carioca: 2024

Uruguay U20
 * South American U-20 Championship: 2017

Uruguay
 * Copa América third place: 2024

Individual
 * Campeonato Carioca Team of the Season: 2024