Juan Manuel Díaz

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

Juan Díaz Martínez
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Díaz Martínez
Date of birth (1987-10-28) October 28, 1987
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Left back
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)
National team
2007–2009 Uruguay U-20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Career

Díaz was signed in January 2008.[1] 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.[2]

On 8 July 2016, Diaz signed a two-year contract with Superleague club AEK Athens for an undisclosed fee.[3][4] He was released by mutual consent in March 2017.[5]

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

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References
  1. Juan Manuel Díaz firmará con Estudiantes. (in Spanish)
  2. http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hntdide?0,0,5%2F,1,66785,1,0,0 Archived May 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Diaz obrońcą AEK-u!
  4. Juan Manuel Diaz officially signs with AEK
  5. AEK release Juan Manuel Diaz. SDNA. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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