Daniel Díaz
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| Cata Diaz | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Díaz | |
| Date of birth | March 13, 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Catamarca, Argentina | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Getafe CF | |
| Number | 3 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
1997–2000 |
Juventud de Catamarca Rosario Central |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007– |
Rosario Central Cruz Azul Colón de Santa Fe Boca Juniors Getafe CF |
97 (2) 46 (1) 35 (2) 67 (7) 24 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2003- | Argentina | 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Daniel Alberto 'Cata' Díaz (born March 13, 1979 in Catamarca) is an Argentine football defender. He is a strong defender known for his powerful shot. He can play at right-back or centre-back, or also as a wing-back.
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[edit] Biography
Nicknamed Cata because of his home province of Catamarca, he started playing at youth amateur local team Juventud de Catamarca before moving in 1997 to the youth team of Rosario Central. He played his first professional match in 2000 with Rosario Central
Daniel Díaz moved to Cruz Azul in 2003. After only one season with the Mexican club, he returned to Argentina to become Alfio Basile's captain in Colón de Santa Fe. Short after he received offers to move to Argentine giants Boca Juniors and River Plate, but being at that time Basile Boca's coach Díaz decided to transfer to Boca Juniors, for around 3 million US dollars.
Cata Díaz made his debut for Boca in their 4–1 victory over Gimnasia de Jujuy and was a big part in their 2005 Apertura-winning campaign, their Recopa Sudamericana triumph over Once Caldas of Colombia and their Copa Sudamericana win over UNAM Pumas of Mexico.
The defender was rumoured to be signing for Getafe CF but Real Betis, directed by new coach Héctor Cúper, have bid €2,000,000 for the centre back. In the end, Getafe landed him for 4 million €.[citation needed]
[edit] International career
With the Argentina national football team, Díaz played 3 friendly matches.
Mostly recently being called into Alfio Basile's squad to play Australia on Sept 11th 2007
He was also part of the Argentina Copa América 2007 squad.
[edit] Titles
- Primera División Argentina 2006 Clausura (with Boca Juniors)
- Recopa Sudamericana 2005 (with Boca Juniors)
- Primera División Argentina Apertura 2005 (with Boca Juniors)
- Copa Sudamericana 2005 (with Boca Juniors)
- Copa Libertadores 2007 (with Boca Juniors)
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- Career details at National Football Teams
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