| Gerald Díaz | |
| Fullname: | Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Caguas, Puerto Rico |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Academia Quintana |
| Youthyears1: | –2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Vall de Uxó |
| Youthyears2: | 2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Levante |
| Collegeyears1: | 2018 |
| College1: | Marshalltown Tigers |
| Collegecaps1: | 17 |
| Collegegoals1: | 7 |
| Years1: | 2017 |
| Clubs1: | Vall de Uxó |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Bayamón FC |
| Goals3: | 10 |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs4: | Vilamarxant |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Years6: | 2022– |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | Puerto Rico U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Puerto Rico U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017– |
| Nationalteam3: | Puerto Rico |
| Nationalcaps3: | 28 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 11 |
| Club-Update: | 16:01, 1 June 2021 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 7:00, 7 September 2024 (UTC) |
Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait (born March 23, 1999) is a Puerto Rican professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Liga Puerto Rico club Bayamón FC and the Puerto Rico national team.
Díaz began playing in Puerto Rico at local club Caguas Bairoa. He later spent time in Spain in UD Vall de Uxó and Levante UD.[1] He played on his first college year at Marshalltown Community College before returning to Puerto Rico in 2019 to play for Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.[2]
Gerald was called up in 2016, for the Puerto Rico under-20 national team, for the first round of World Cup qualifiers.[3]
He made his debut with the senior Puerto Rico national team in July 2017, in a friendly match against Indonesia.[4]
In 2018 he was called up once again for the U20 under head coach Amado Guevara for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where he scored a goal.[5] In July 2019, he played for the Puerto Rico national under-23 football team for the 2020 Olympic Games qualification where he scored one goal.[6]
He scored his first international goal on October 15, 2019 on a 2-3 victory over Anguilla. On June 18, 2023 he scored the winning penalty in a shoot-out against Suriname in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match, taking Puerto Rico to their highest achievement in the competition's history to date.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vall de Uxó | 2017–18 | Preferente Valenciana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Atlético Levante | 2017–18 | Tercera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vilamarxant | 2020–21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Total | 28 | 11 | ||
Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 October 2019 | Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguilla | align=center | 3–0 | align=center | 3–2 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C | ||
| 2. | 2 June 2021 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 7–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 3. | 12 June 2022 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | align=center | 3–0 | align=center | 6–0 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C | ||
| 4. | 26 March 2023 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 5–1 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C | ||
| 5. | 9 September 2023 | Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 6–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B | ||
| 6. | 12 September 2023 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | align=center | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B | |||
| 7. | 4–0 | ||||||||
| 8. | 5–0 | ||||||||
| 9. | 17 October 2023 | SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–3 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B | ||
| 10. | 21 November 2023 | Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico | align=center | 5–0 | align=center | 6–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B | ||
| 11. | 6 September 2024 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–4 | 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B |