Juan_Manuel_Díaz
Juan Manuel Díaz
Uruguayan footballer (born 1987)
Juan Manuel Díaz Martínez (born 28 October 1987) is a former Uruguayan footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Manuel Díaz Martínez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-10-28) October 28, 1987 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003-2005 | Racing | ||
| 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) |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Uruguay U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC) | |||
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 Superleague club AEK Athens for an undisclosed fee.[5][6] He was released by mutual consent in March 2017.[7]
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 .
Estudiantes de La Plata
- "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 9 December 2009. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012.
- Juan Manuel Díaz firmará con Estudiantes. (in Spanish)
- "Noticia Desarrollada". www.tenfieldigital.com.uy. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012.
- AEK release Juan Manuel Diaz. SDNA. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- Juan Manuel Díaz – FIFA competition record (archived)
- (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- Juan Manuel Díaz profile and statistics at soccernet
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