Pablo Díaz (footballer, born 1971) explained

Pablo Díaz
Fullname:Pablo Javier Díaz Stalla
Birth Date:5 August 1971
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height:1.78 m
Position:Right-back
Youthyears1:1988–1990
Youthclubs1:Sporting Gijón
Years1:1990
Caps1:7
Goals1:0
Years2:1990–1998
Caps2:214
Goals2:4
Years3:1998–2004
Caps3:122
Goals3:2
Totalcaps:343
Totalgoals:6
Nationalyears1:1991
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1991–1993
Nationalcaps2:4
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:1991
Nationalcaps3:2
Nationalgoals3:0

Pablo Javier Díaz Stalla (born 5 August 1971) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

He appeared for Sporting de Gijón and Zaragoza in a 14-year senior career. Born in Argentina, he represented Spain internationally at youth levels.

Club career

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a Spanish father who moved to the country in search of work, and an Argentine mother,[1] Díaz played professionally in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 330 games and six goals over the course of 13 seasons for Sporting de Gijón and Real Zaragoza.[2] He made his debut in the competition with the former on 23 September 1990, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 home win against Athletic Bilbao, and scored his first league goal in the following campaign, against the same rival and also at the El Molinón (3–2 victory).[3]

In the summer of 1998, after the Asturians' top-flight relegation, Díaz signed for Zaragoza, remaining with the club until his retirement at the age of 32.

Honours

Zaragoza

2000–01,[4] 2003–04[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: La vida entre dos tierras del exrojiblanco Pablo. Life between two lands of former red-and-white Pablo. El Comercio. Víctor Manuel. Robledo. Spanish. 16 May 2017. 27 November 2017.
  2. News: Corazón rojiblanco y pasado maño. Red-and-white heart and maño past. La Nueva España. Ángel. Cabranes. Spanish. 26 February 2011. 27 November 2017.
  3. News: El Sporting no vence al Athletic en El Molinón desde 1991. Sporting do not beat Athletic at the El Molinón since 1991. La Nueva España. Spanish. 10 March 2010. 27 November 2017.
  4. News: Zaragoza, no hay quinta Copa mala. Zaragoza, no such thing as a bad fifth Cup. ABC. Enrique. Ortego. Spanish. 1 July 2001. 7 July 2014.
  5. Web site: Galletti gives Zaragoza glory. UEFA. Andy. Hall. 17 March 2004. 12 May 2023.