Junior Lennin Díaz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Almeida.
Junior Lennin Díaz
Personal information
Full name Junior Lennin Díaz Almeida
Date of birth (1977-05-01) 1 May 1977 (age 47)[1]
Place of birth Mérida, Venezuela[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Estudiantes de Mérida
2002–2004 Maracaibo
2004–2005 Estudiantes de Mérida
2006 Italmaracaibo 11 (0)
2006–2007 Monagas 25 (0)
2007–2008 Llaneros 11 (0)
Managerial career
2018 Portuguesa (assistant)
2019 Atlético El Vigía (assistant)
2021 Trujillanos
2022 ULA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Junior Lennin Díaz Almeida (born 1 July 1975) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a left back.

Career

Born in Mérida, Díaz played for Estudiantes de Mérida,[1] Unión Atlético Maracaibo, Deportivo Italmaracaibo, Monagas and Llaneros de Guanare. In 2008, after suffering a severe knee injury and being released by Llaneros, he retired.

Díaz subsequently worked for the Mérida branch of the Colegio Nacional de Entrenadores de Fútbol (National School of Football Managers)[2] and was also an assistant manager at Portuguesa and Atlético El Vigía. On 29 March 2021, he was appointed manager of Trujillanos,[3] but resigned on 17 May.

References

  1. ^ a b c "1 de mayo de 1975 Nació Junior Lennin Díaz, lateral merideño que defendió los colores de Estudiantes de Mérida entre los años 1997-2002 y 2004-2005" [May 1st 1975 Born Junior Lennin Díaz, merideño full-back who wore the colors of Estudiantes de Mérida between the years of 1997-2002 and 2004-2005]. Estudiantes de Mérida FC (in Spanish). Twitter. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Con inmensa participación arrancó curso "Entrenamiento en el Fútbol Base"" [With immense participation, the course "Training in Youth Football" started] (in Spanish). Diario Frontera. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Trujillanos anunció a Lenín Díaz como nuevo técnico" [Trujillanos announced Lenín Díaz as new manager] (in Spanish). La Vinotinto. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.


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