Marcos Díaz (footballer)

Marcos Guillermo Díaz (born 5 February 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, most recently for Boca Juniors.[1]

Not to be confused with Marcos Díaz (swimmer).

Marcos Díaz

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Guillermo Díaz
Date of birth	(1986-02-05) 5 February 1986
Place of birth	Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1995–2009	Colón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2014	Colón	12	(0)
2012–2013	→ Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan)	8	(0)
2013–2014	→ Huracán (loan)	19	(0)
2014–2018	Huracán	124	(0)
2019–2020	Boca Juniors	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2020

Career

Díaz joined Colón at the age of nine, being promoted to the first-team in 2009.[1][2] He made his professional debut during 2009–10 in a 4–1 victory over Arsenal de Sarandí on 8 October 2009.[1] Eleven further appearances followed throughout his first three seasons with Colón.[1][3] In July 2012, Díaz departed on loan to sign for Primera B Nacional side Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1] He made eight appearances as the club ended the season in tenth.[1] Ahead of 2013–14, Díaz joined fellow Primera B Nacional team Huracán on loan.[4] He went on to feature twenty times and was subsequently signed permanently in June 2014.[1][5][2]

Between 2013 and 2014, Díaz won the Copa Argentina and Supercopa Argentina with Huracán.[2] In his first full season, 2014, Huracán won promotion to the Primera División.[1] In 2015, Díaz played forty-three matches, with sixteen coming in continental competition including ten in the 2015 Copa Sudamericana where Huracán reached the final but lost on penalties to Santa Fe.[1] Díaz left on 31 December 2018, following the expiration of his contract; despite appearing sixteen times during 2018–19.[6] Boca Juniors announced the signing of Díaz on 11 January 2019.[7]

Career statistics

As of 3 May 2019.[1]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colón	2009–10	Primera División	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2010–11		2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
	2011–12		8	0	2	0	—		0	0	10	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan)	2012–13	Primera B Nacional	8	0	0	0	—		0	0	8	0
Huracán (loan)	2013–14		19	0	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	20	0
Huracán	2014		16	0	5	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	22	0
	2015	Primera División	25	0	1	0	16[lower-alpha 2]	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	43	0
	2016		16	0	0	0	9[lower-alpha 4]	0	0	0	25	0
	2016–17		28	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
	2017–18		26	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	2018–19		14	0	2	0	—		0	0	16	0
	Total		124	0	13	0	25	0	3	0	165	0
Boca Juniors	2018–19	Primera División	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			165	0	14	0	25	0	3	0	207	0

1. Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
3. Appearance(s) in the Supercopa Argentina
4. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Honours

Huracán

• Copa Argentina: 2013–14[2]
• Supercopa Argentina: 2014[2]

Boca Juniors

• Primera División: 2019–20
• Supercopa Argentina: 2018[1]

References

1. "Marcos Díaz profile". Soccerway. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
2. "Marcos Díaz, loco por el fútbol". El Grafico. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
3. "Marcos Díaz profile". BDFA. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
4. "Mohamed sumó un arquero: Marcos Díaz". Club Atlético Huracán. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
5. "Marcos Díaz por tres años". Club Atlético Huracán. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
6. "Se rompió la relación entre Marcos Díaz y Huracán: No tengo ganas de soportar ciertos maltratos". Infobae. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
7. "Boca confirmó a Marcos Díaz como refuerzo". ESPN. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

External links

• Marcos Díaz at Soccerway