Mínor Díaz
Personal information
Full name Mínor Díaz Araya
Date of birth (1980-12-26) 26 December 1980
Place of birth Acoyapa de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Guanacasteca (ACG) (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Santa Bárbara
1999–2000 Karlsruher SC 6 (0)
2000–2005 Herediano 86 (46)
2005–2006 Alajuelense 32 (11)
2006–2008 Cartaginés 47 (16)
2008–2010 Liberia Mia 48 (6)
2010–2011 UCR 31 (19)
2011 Alajuelense 9 (3)
2012–2014 Herediano 52 (14)
2014 Belén 3 (1)
International career
2001–2005 Costa Rica 6 (1)
Managerial career
2014–2018 Herediano (assistant)
2016 Herediano (caretaker)
2018 Herediano B
2018–2019 La U Universitarios
2019– Desamparados
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mínor Díaz Araya (born 26 December 1980 in Acoyapa[1]) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer and current manager of Fútbol Consultants Desamparados.

Club career

Díaz had a brief spell with Karlsruher SC in the German 2. Fußball-Bundesliga during the 1999-00 season, appearing in six matches.[2] He then had a lengthy spell at Herediano where he became the league's top goalscorer in 2000/01[3] and played for Alajuelense and Cartaginés. In May 2008 he moved to Liberia Mia,[4] he then sued his club which was renamed Águilas Guanacastecas for owing him 4 months' wages[5] and in summer 2010 joined UCR.[6]

In January 2012 he returned to Herediano,[7] winning two league titles, and in summer 2014 joined Belén.[8]

International career

Díaz played for Costa Rica at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup finals in Egypt and at the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Nigeria.[9]

Díaz has made 6 appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in a friendly against Venezuela on April 18, 2001.[10] He appeared in four matches as Costa Rica finished second at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2001 tournament.[11]

Coaching career

Two months after signing with A.D. Belén, Díaz decided to retire after getting offered an assistant manager position at his former club C.S. Herediano.[12] On 16 February 2016, Díaz took charge of Herediano on an interim basis after manager Odir Jacques was fired[13] until Hernán Medford was hired on 21 February. In the summer 2018, he took charge of the club's reserve team, before he was appointed manager of La U Universitarios on 30 October 2018.[14] On 23 September 2019 the club reported through a press release, that Díaz had left the club by mutual agreement.[15]

On 1 October 2019, Díaz was appointed manager of Fútbol Consultants Desamparado.[16]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.April 18, 2001Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica Venezuela2–12–2Friendly

References

  1. ↑ Las 18 razones de Watson - Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Diaz Araya, Minor". Kicker. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  3. ↑ Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT
  4. ↑ Minor Díaz jugará tres años con Liberia - Nación (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Minor Díaz demandó a las Águilas por salario - Nación (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Salazar y Díaz muy cerca de la UCR - Al Día (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Minor Díaz, nuevo refuerzo del Herediano - CR Hoy (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Minor Díaz, nueva ficha de Belén - Nación (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Mínor Díaz – FIFA competition record (archived)
  10. ↑ "Costa Rica - Details International Matches 1993-2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  11. ↑ "Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  12. ↑ Minor Díaz cambió de rol, pero será el mismo, nacion.com, 3 September 2014
  13. ↑ Minor Díaz dirigirá de manera interina al Herediano, laprensalibre.cr, 16 February 2016
  14. ↑ Minor Díaz es presentado como el nuevo entrenador de la UCR, elmunde.cr, 30 October 2019
  15. ↑ Minor Díaz es presentado como el nuevo entrenador de la UCR, elmundo.cr, 30 October 2019
  16. ↑ Nuevo Cuerpo Técnico en FC Desamparados, futbolconsultants.com, 1 October 2019
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