Emiliano Díaz

Emiliano Diaz

Personal information
Full name	Emiliano Ramon Diaz
Date of birth	June 22, 1983
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Retired
Youth career
	AS Monaco FC
	Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001	Avellino	4	(1)
2002-2003	River Plate	5	(0)
2003	Talleres	8	(0)
2004-2005	Deportivo Colonia	26	(2)
2005	Oxford United	16	(4)
2006-2007	Defensa y Justicia	10	(0)
2007	Platense	9	(1)
2007-2008	San Lorenzo	11	(0)
2009-2010	All Boys	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Emiliano Ramon Diaz (born 22 June 1982) is an Italian-born retired footballer who currently works as the assistant coach for Club Atlético River Plate in the Argentine first division with his father Ramón Díaz (head coach).^[1] He holds Argentine citizenship.

Career

Emiliano was born in Naples, the Italian city where his father, the former footballer and Argentine coach Ramón Díaz, was playing (with S.S.C. Napoli). He played in the lower division of Monaco and Yokohama. He played in the first team of Avellino in Italy in 2001 but never made his debut.

In 2002 when his father was the coach he made his debut for River Plate during a game against Rosario Central on May 19, 2002. That day he replaced Eduardo Coudet. He was transferred to Talleres de Cordoba where he almost did not play. In 2004 he moved to Deportivo Colonia in Uruguay where he left a good performance. In 2005 he emigrated to the English football, more precisely at Oxford United. He came back to Argentina to play for, Defensa y Justicia and Platense. In 2007 he transferred to San Lorenzo de Almagro, .

He later played for All Boys; between 2009 and 2010 and retired at the young age of 28.

References

1. "Emiliano Díaz: Player Profile". Soccernet.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-11-12.