Juan Manuel Díaz
Juan Manuel Díaz Martínez (born 28 October 1987) is a Uruguayan footballer.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Manuel Díaz Martínez | ||
Date of birth | October 28, 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Liverpool FC | 23 | (3) |
2008–2010 | Estudiantes | 65 | (1) |
2010–2012 | River Plate | 54 | (2) |
2012–2016 | Nacional | 89 | (9) |
2016 | Racing | 20 | (3) |
2016–2017 | AEK Athens | 1 | (0) |
National team | |||
2007–2009 | Uruguay U-20 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC) |
Career
Díaz was signed in January 2008.[1] He made his debut 2–1 win over against Banfield on February 8, 2008. He scored his first Estudiantes goal against Rosario Central on April 25, 2008. He was sent off against LDU Quito on April 29, 2008.
During the 2008–09 season, Díaz was part of the Estudiantes squad that experienced finishing as runners up in Copa Sudamericana 2008 and then went on to win Copa Libertadores 2009. In January 2010, Club Atlético River Plate signed the Uruguayan wingback from Estudiantes.
In July 2010, Nacional made public his interest on the left wingback.[2]
On 8 July 2016, Diaz signed a two-year contract with Superleague club AEK Athens for an undisclosed fee.[3][4] He was released by mutual consent in March 2017.[5]
International career
Díaz also capped for Uruguay U-20 at 2007 South American Youth Championship and 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
On July 27, 2010 he was reserved to play a friendly match with Uruguay first team against Angola in Lisboa .
References
- Juan Manuel Díaz firmará con Estudiantes. (in Spanish)
- http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,66785,1,0,0 Archived May 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Diaz obrońcą AEK-u!
- Juan Manuel Diaz officially signs with AEK
- AEK release Juan Manuel Diaz. SDNA. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
External links
- Juan Manuel Díaz – FIFA competition record
- (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- Juan Manuel Díaz profile and statistics at soccernet