Miguel Díaz (Spanish footballer)

Miguel Díaz
	Díaz with Osasuna in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Díaz Montes
Date of birth	24 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Estella, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Valle de Egüés
Number	16
Youth career
	Izarra
2007–2012	Osasuna
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2018	Osasuna B
2017–2019	Osasuna
2018–2019	→ Mirandés (loan)
2019	→ Real Murcia (loan)
2019–2020	Tudelano
2020	Calahorra
2020–2021	Villanovense
2021–2022	Ebro
2022–2023	Racing Rioja
2023–	Valle de Egüés
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:25, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Miguel Díaz Montes (born 24 January 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Valle de Egüés as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Estella, Navarre, Díaz joined CA Osasuna's youth setup in 2007 at the age of 13, from CD Izarra. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 9 September 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute for Luis Ali in a 1–4 Segunda División B away loss against Real Zaragoza B.^[1]

Díaz scored his first senior goal on 26 January 2014, in a 3–0 away win against CD Murchante in the Tercera División. He finished the campaign with a career-best 18 goals for the B-side, playing a key unit in their promotion back to the third division.

On 11 September 2016, Díaz scored a hat-trick in a 4–2 home win against Arandina CF.^[2] The following 13 June, after the first team's relegation from La Liga, he was definitely promoted to the main squad after extending his contract until 2018.^[3]

Díaz made his professional debut on 20 September 2017, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Cádiz CF in the season's Copa del Rey.^[4] The following 5 January he extended his contract until 2020, but was demoted to the B-side in the third level.^[5]

On 21 August 2018, Díaz was loaned to CD Mirandés of the third division for a year.^[6] The deal was terminated on 31 January 2019, and Díaz was instead loaned to Real Murcia.^[7]

References

^ "Dura derrota de Osasuna Promesas" [Harsh defeat from Osasuna Promesas] (in Spanish). El Sadar. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
^ "Osasuna B se impone a la Arandina con tres goles de Miguel Díaz en Tajonar" [Osasuna B impose themselves over Arandina with three goals from Miguel Díaz at the Tajonar] (in Spanish). El Español. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
^ "Miguel Díaz será jugador del primer equipo de Osasuna" [Miguel Díaz will be a player of the first team of Osasuna] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
^ "David Barral mete al Cádiz en la siguiente ronda" [David Barral puts Cádiz in the following round] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
^ "Osasuna amplía su relación contractual con Miguel Díaz hasta el 2020" [Osasuna extend their contractual relationship with Miguel Díaz until 2020] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ "Miguel Díaz, cedido al Club Deportivo Mirandés una temporada sin opción de compra" [Miguel Díaz, loaned to Club Deportivo Mirandés one season without option to buy] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ Miguel Díaz, nuevo jugador del Real Murcia CF, realmurcia.es, 31 January 2019