Juan Manuel Díaz Explained

Juan Díaz Martínez
Fullname:Juan Manuel Díaz Martínez[1]
Birth Date:28 October 1987
Birth Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Height:[2]
Position:Left back
Youthyears1:2003-2005
Youthclubs1:Racing
Years1:2006–2008
Years2:2008–2010
Years3:2010–2012
Years4:2012–2016
Years5:2016
Years6:2016–2017
Clubs1:Liverpool FC
Clubs2:Estudiantes
Clubs3:River Plate
Clubs4:Nacional
Clubs5:Racing
Clubs6:AEK Athens
Caps1:23
Caps2:65
Caps3:54
Caps4:89
Caps5:20
Caps6:1
Goals1:3
Goals2:1
Goals3:2
Goals4:9
Goals5:3
Goals6:0
Nationalyears1:2007–2009
Nationalteam1:Uruguay U-20
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:10:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Juan Manuel Díaz Martínez (born 28 October 1987) is a former Uruguayan footballer.

Career

Díaz was signed by Estudiantes de La Plata in January 2008.[3] 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.[4]

On 8 July 2016, Diaz signed a two-year contract with Super League club AEK Athens for an undisclosed fee.[5] [6] He was released by mutual consent in March 2017.[7]

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 .

Honours

Estudiantes de La Plata

2009

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players . FIFA . 22 . 5 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf . 31 December 2013.
  2. Web site: FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players . FIFA . 4 . 9 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120902182958/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/12/84/fcwc_2009_squadlists.pdf . 2 September 2012 . dead.
  3. http://www.larepublica.com.uy/deportes/292859-juan-manuel-diaz-firmara-con-estudiantes Juan Manuel Díaz firmará con Estudiantes.
  4. Web site: Noticia Desarrollada. www.tenfieldigital.com.uy . https://web.archive.org/web/20120506115446/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0%2C0%2C5%2F%2C1%2C66785%2C1%2C0%2C0 . May 6, 2012.
  5. http://greckapilka.cba.pl/index.php/2016/07/08/diaz-obronca-aek-u/ Diaz obrońcą AEK-u!
  6. http://www.sdna.gr/news-english/article/220863/juan-manuel-diaz-officially-joins-aek-pic Juan Manuel Diaz officially signs with AEK
  7. https://www.sdna.gr/news-english/article/303576/aek-release-juan-manuel-diaz AEK release Juan Manuel Diaz