Diego Sebastián Laxalt Suárez (Spanish pronunciation: [laɣˈsalt]; born 7 February 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow and the Uruguay national team.

[10] He made his competitive debut for the club on 25 August 2018, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for Fabio Borini in a 3-2 league defeat to Napoli.

[11] With both Théo Hernandez and Ricardo Rodríguez in front of him at left back, Laxalt was deemed surplus to and on 31 August 2019, transferred to Torino, on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy.

[13] During the course of his loan, Laxalt made only 5 starts in all competitions for Torino but came off the bench 13 times including against parent-club Milan in the Coppa Italia a week before his return.

He made his debut at Celtic Park against Rangers in the Old Firm Derby, and his next game was against his parent club, Milan in the Europa League .

[15] Laxalt won the first major honour of his career when he played for Celtic in their penalty shoot-out victory against Hearts in the rescheduled 2020 Scottish Cup Final.

Early in the 2023–24 season, Dynamo's new manager Marcel Lička began to deploy Laxalt in a defensive midfielder position.

[21] On 6 August 2023, in an away game against the defending champions Zenit Saint Petersburg, Laxalt assisted on Dynamo's winning goal deep in added time.

[citation needed] On 3 February, he completed all games played, and Uruguay qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey and was included in the best XI of the event.

[citation needed] Laxalt was called up to Uruguay's Copa America Centenario squad to replace the injured Cristian Rodríguez.