Sergio Díaz (footballer, born 1985)

For other people named Sergio Díaz, see Sergio Díaz (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alejandro and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
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 (age 39)
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 Kyiv 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)