Ramón Díaz

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Ramón Díaz
Personal information
Full name Ramón Ángel Díaz
Date of birth August 29, 1959 (1959-08-29) (age 48)
Place of birth    La Rioja, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Club America
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1978-1981
1982-1983
1983-1986
1986-1988
1988-1989
1989-1991
1991-1993
1993-1995		 River Plate
Napoli
US Avellino
Fiorentina
Inter
AS Monaco
River Plate
Yokohama Marinos		 123 (57)
025 0(3)
078 (22)
053 (17)
033 (12)
060 (24)
052 (27)
075 (52)   
National team
1979-1982 Argentina 024 (10)
Teams managed
1995-2000
2001-2002
2004-2005
2007-2008
2008-presentRolando cam10 (talk) 05:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)		 River Plate
River Plate
Oxford United
San Lorenzo
Club America

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ramón Ángel Díaz (born 1959-08-29 in La Rioja), is a former Argentine football player. For most of his career he played for, and later coached, Club Atlético River Plate. He is also known by the nickname of El Pelado ("Baldy").

Ramón Díaz won the World Youth Cup in 1979 with the Argentina Under-20 team alongside Diego Maradona. Diaz also played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and scored against Brazil in Argentina's 3-1 defeat. Although denied by Maradona in his autobiography "El Diego", the two are believed to have had a feud which prevented Diaz from playing for Argentina in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups.

Díaz played as a forward. His opening game in the Argentine First Division was on 1978-08-13, a game where River Plate beat Colón de Santa Fe by 1–0. He scored his first goal on 30 August of that year, playing against Quilmes Atlético Club. His last game was on 1993-03-13.

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[edit] Managerial career

Díaz served as the manager of River Plate between 1995 and 2003, in that time he guided the club to victory in the 1996 Copa Libertadores as well as collecting five league titles and the Supercopa Sudamericana.

Ramón Díaz served as manager of English club Oxford United between 2004 and 2005.

In 2007 he was appointed head coach of San Lorenzo, in the Argentine Primera. In his first season with the club he led them to the Clausura 2007 championship title, the clubs first title in six years. Diaz has now been confirmed as the new club america coach

[edit] Statistics

Professional player career
Year Championship Team Played Goals
1978 (Metro) River Plate 14 5
1979 (Metro) River Plate 6 3
1979 (National) River Plate 16 9
1980 (Metro) River Plate 27 14
1980 (National) River Plate 13 8
1981 (Metro) River Plate 30 14
1981 (National) River Plate 17 4
1982/83 - SSC Napoli (Italy) 25 3
1983/84 - US Avellino (Italy) 24 7
1984/85 - US Avellino (Italy) 27 5
1985/86 - US AvellinoItaly) 27 10
1986/87 - ACF Fiorentina (Italy) 29 10
1987/88 - ACF Fiorentina (Italy) 24 7
1988/89 - Inter (Italy) 33 12
1989/90 - AS Monaco (France) 28 15
1990/91 - AS Monaco (France) 32 9
1991 (Apertura) River Plate 17 14
1992 (Clausura) River Plate 14 6
1992 (Apertura) River Plate 17 7
1993 (Clausura) River Plate 4 -
1993/94 - Yokohama Marinos (Japan) 62 52
Total Argentina 175 84
Total Italy 189 54
Total France 60 24
Total Japan 75 52
Total 484 214

He was the top scorer of the Apertura 1991, and Japan League's Scoring Champion in 1993.

Titles as coach for River
Championship Year
Copa Libertadores 1996
Argentine Apertura 1996
Argentine Clausura 1997
Supercopa Sudamericana 1997
Argentine Apertura 1997
Argentine Apertura 1999
Argentine Clausura 2002

He has the River coaching record of 7 championships.

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

[edit] Team Honors

Primera División Argentina Apertura 1991 with River Plate

[edit] External links

Preceded by
no award		 J. League Top Scorer
1993		 Succeeded by
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Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro – current squad

1 Orión • 2 González • 3 Chávez • 5 Acevedo • 6 Bottinelli • 7 Silvera • 8 Rivero • 9 Romeo • 10 D'Alessandro • 11 Torres • 12 Champagne • 13 Placente • 14 Cadelago • 15 Acosta • 16 Bianchi Arce • 17 Méndez • 18 Hirsig • 19 Menseguez • 20 Aguirre • 21 Tula • 22 Voboril • 23 Bilos • 24 Centeno • 25 Alvarado • 26 Formica • 27 Ruiz • 32 Bergessio • 33 M. Díaz • 34 E. Díaz • 55 Torres • — Peirone • Manager: R. Díaz
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Argentina squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Ardiles • 2 Baley • 3 Barbas • 4 Bertoni • 5 Calderón • 6 Díaz • 7 Fillol • 8 Galván • 9 Gallego • 10 Maradona • 11 Kempes • 12 Hernández • 13 Olarticoechea • 14 Olguín • 15 Passarella • 16 Pumpido • 17 Santamaría • 18 Tarantini • 19 Trossero • 20 Valdano • 21 Valencia • 22 Van Tuyne • Coach: Menotti
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Oxford United F.C. – Managers

Thompson (1949–58) • Turner (1959–69) • Saunders (1969) • Summers (1969–75) • Brown (1975–79) • Asprey (1979–80) • Greaves (1980–82) • J. Smith (1982–85) • Evans (1985–88) • Lawrenson (1988) • Horton (1988–93) • D. Smith (1993–97) • Shotton (1998–99) • D. Smith (2000) • Kemp (2000–01) • Wright (2001) • Atkins (2001–04) • Rix (2004) • Díaz (2004–05) • Talbot (2005–06) • J. Smith (2006–07) • Patterson (2007–)