Sergio_Díaz_(footballer,_born_1985)
Sergio Díaz (footballer, born 1985)
Spanish footballer
Sergio Alejandro Díaz (born 9 February 1985) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Alejandro Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-02-09) 9 February 1985 (age 39) | ||
| Place of birth | Turón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Oviedo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Oviedo B | ||
| 2002–2003 | Oviedo | 15 | (2) |
| 2003–2008 | Real Madrid B | 56 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Hércules | 12 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Gimnàstic | 21 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Hércules | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Avilés | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 114 | (4) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003 | Spain U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2003 | Spain U20 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Díaz was born in Turón, Asturias. After starting out at local Real Oviedo, making his senior debut aged 17 in the Segunda División in a relegation-ending season, he finished his football development at Real Madrid, having joined in 2003.[1]
Over two seasons in the second division – of the five in total he spent with the team[2]– Díaz made a further seven league appearances with the reserves. He was also called up to the first team for a UEFA Champions League match against FC Dynamo Kyiv in December 2006 (the group stage's last), but remained an unused substitute;[3] he earned another call that month, in La Liga against Sevilla FC, although he ultimately was cut from the final squad of 18.[4]
For the 2008–09 campaign, Díaz signed with Hércules CF, who was coached by his former Castilla manager Juan Carlos Mandiá. He appeared very rarely for the fourth-placed team in division two, following a severe injury contracted in preseason.[5]
Díaz moved to Gimnàstic de Tarragona in 2010–11, agreeing to a three-year deal with the second tier side. On 29 July 2011, however, he terminated his contract with the Catalans,[6] and returned to old club Hércules the same day.[7]
Spain U17
- Fernández, Ángel (21 August 2003). "El Madrid ficha a Sergio, la gran joya del Oviedo" [Madrid sign Sergio, Oviedo's great gem] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- Balderas, Miguel Ángel (26 November 2013). "La última plantilla que descendió con el Castilla. ¿Qué fue de ellos?" [The last squad to be relegated with Castilla. What happened to them?] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- Sergio Díaz debutó en la Liga 400 días después (Sergio Díaz made League debut 400 days later); Marca, 23 September 2009 (in Spanish)
- Sergio Díaz rescindeix el contracte amb el Nàstic (Sergio Días terminates contract with Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 29 July 2011 (in Catalan)
- Sergio Díaz deja el Nàstic y regresa al Hércules (Sergio Díaz leaves Nàstic and returns to Hércules); Sport, 29 July 2011 (in Spanish)
- Sergio Díaz at BDFutbol
- Sergio Díaz at Soccerway