Ayoze Díaz

Ayoze Díaz Díaz (born 25 May 1982), known simply as Ayoze, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, and the current assistant manager of UD Granadilla Tenerife Sur.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
Ayoze
Ayoze (far right) playing for Mallorca in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ayoze Díaz Díaz
Date of birth (1982-05-25) 25 May 1982
Place of birth La Laguna, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Tenerife
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Tenerife B 38 (2)
2000–2003 Tenerife 39 (0)
2001–2002 → Lanzarote (loan) 18 (2)
2003–2008 Racing Santander 98 (3)
2006–2007 → Ciudad Murcia (loan) 34 (1)
2008–2011 Mallorca 67 (0)
2011–2013 Deportivo La Coruña 41 (0)
2014 Tenerife 13 (0)
Total 348 (8)
Teams managed
2015– Granadilla (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career
Ayoze in action for Mallorca against Real Madrid.

Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands, and brought through the ranks of local CD Tenerife, Ayoze made his debut with the first team in 1999–2000. In the summer of 2003, after just one full season in the second division, he joined La Liga club Racing de Santander, where he was relatively used as a defender or midfielder in his first three years (with a loan to soon-to-be-extinct Ciudad de Murcia in between).

During the 2007–08 campaign, as the Cantabria side achieved a first-ever qualification to the UEFA Cup, Ayoze became first-choice, relegating historical and veteran Luis Fernández to the bench.[1]

In July 2008, Ayoze signed a three-year contract with RCD Mallorca, replacing Sevilla FC-bound Fernando Navarro.[2] During his first year he started as backup to another newly signed, Enrique Corrales, but finished in the starting XI.

In the 2009–10 season, as Mallorca finished in fifth position and qualified for the Europa League, Ayoze completely won the battle for first-choice status over Corrales, appearing in 33 matches.

References
  1. El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0) (Racing reach UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)); 20 minutos, 18 May 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. El Mallorca fichó ayer a Ayoze por tres temporadas (Mallorca signed Ayoze yesterday for three seasons); Diario AS, 5 July 2008 (in Spanish)
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