Osvaldo Díaz Explained

Osvaldo Díaz
Fullname:Osvaldo Javier Díaz Gimenez
Birth Date:1981 12, df=yes
Birth Place:San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Position:Midfielder
Years1:2000–2007
Years2:2007
Years3:2008
Years4:2008
Years5:2009–2010
Years6:2011–2012
Years7:2011
Years8:2013
Years9:2014–
Clubs1:Guaraní
Clubs2:Olimpia
Clubs3:AC Lugano
Clubs4:12 de Octubre
Clubs5:Guaraní
Clubs6:Independiente FBC
Clubs7:Sportivo Luqueño (loan)
Clubs8:San Lorenzo
Clubs9:12 de Octubre
Caps1:167
Caps2:18
Caps3:3
Caps4:5
Caps5:6
Caps6:41
Caps7:18
Caps9:12
Goals1:30
Goals2:2
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:1
Goals6:5
Goals7:1
Goals9:0
Nationalyears1:2001
Nationalteam1:Paraguay U20
Nationalyears2:2004
Nationalteam2:Paraguay U23
Nationalyears3:2004
Nationalteam3:Paraguay
Nationalcaps3:1
Nationalgoals3:0

Osvaldo Díaz (born 22 December 1981) is a retired Paraguayan footballer.

Career

Díaz began his career at Club Guaraní before moving in mid 2007 to Olimpia Asunción in the Paraguayan First Division.

On 1 February 2008 he was signed by AC Lugano, where he only played a total of 17 minutes in 3 games.

On 4 August, before the Summer Olympics began, he played in a preparation game against the Portugal of Cristiano Ronaldo in the city of Algarve, resulting in a 5–0 defeat.[1] Diaz was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan 2004 Olympic football team, which earned a quarter-final place with two victories in the qualifying round. Having finished second in the league, the squad later beat South Korea in the quarter-finals, and Iraq in the semi-finals, before losing to Argentina in the final.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Portugal Sub 23 vs Paraguay Sub 23 - Amistosos Selecciones Sub 23 2004: Toda la info, alineaciones y eventos.