Emiliano Díaz

Emiliano Ramon Diaz (born 22 June 1982) is an Italian-born retired footballer. He has worked with his father, Ramon Diaz, at Al-Hilal FC between the years of 2016 and 2018, when all the coaching team was sacked due to unsatisfactory performances.[1] He holds Argentine citizenship.

Emiliano Diaz
Personal information
Full name Emiliano Ramon Diaz
Date of birth (1983-06-22) June 22, 1983
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
AS Monaco FC
Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Avellino 4 (1)
2002–2003 River Plate 5 (0)
2003 Talleres 8 (0)
2004–2005 Deportivo Colonia 26 (2)
2005 Oxford United 7 (0)
2006–2007 Defensa y Justicia 10 (0)
2007 Platense 9 (1)
2007–2008 San Lorenzo 11 (0)
2009–2010 All Boys 4 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Independiente (assistant)
2012–2014 River Plate (assistant)
2014–2016 Paraguay (assistant)
2016–2018 Al-Hilal (assistant)
2018 Al-Ittihad (assistant)
2019 Pyramids (assistant)
2020 Botafogo (assistant)
2020 Botafogo (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Díaz was born in Naples, the Italian city where his father, the former footballer and Argentine coach Ramón Díaz, was playing (with S.S.C. Napoli). He played in the lower division of Monaco and Yokohama. He played in the first team of Avellino in Italy in 2001 but never made his debut.

In 2002 when his father was the coach he made his debut for River Plate during a game against Rosario Central on May 19, 2002, as a substitute for Eduardo Coudet. He was transferred to Talleres de Cordoba where he almost did not play. In 2004, he moved to Deportivo Colonia in Uruguay. In 2005, he played seven times for the English club Oxford United in Football League Two, after his father was appointed manager. He came back to Argentina to play for Defensa y Justicia and Platense. In 2007, he transferred to San Lorenzo de Almagro.

Between 2009 and 2010 he played for All Boys, before retiring at the age of 28.

References
  1. "Emiliano Díaz: Player Profile". Soccernet.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
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