Sergio Díaz
Díaz (second from left) celebrates promotion to La Liga with Hércules in 2010
Personal information
Full name Sergio Alejandro Díaz
Date of birth (1985-02-09) 9 February 1985
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

Sergio Alejandro Díaz (born 9 February 1985) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

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]

Honours

Spain U17

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Capello se lleva un equipo de canteranos para cumplir el tramite de Kiev (Capello takes team of youth players to address Kiev formality); Levante-EMV, 6 December 2006 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Madrid visita el fortín sevillista con Cannavaro, Reyes y Guti recuperados (Madrid visit Sevilla fortress with Cannavaro, Reyes and Guti fit); 20 minutos, 9 December 2006 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Sergio Díaz debutó en la Liga 400 días después (Sergio Díaz made League debut 400 days later); Marca, 23 September 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Sergio Díaz rescindeix el contracte amb el Nàstic (Sergio Días terminates contract with Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 29 July 2011 (in Catalan)
  7. ↑ Sergio Díaz deja el Nàstic y regresa al Hércules (Sergio Díaz leaves Nàstic and returns to Hércules); Sport, 29 July 2011 (in Spanish)
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