José María Díaz Muñoz

José María

Personal information
Full name	José María Díaz Muñoz
Date of birth	4 July 1982
Place of birth	Murcia, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Southern
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2007	Real Murcia	26	(2)
2000–2007	Real Murcia B	101	(13)
2002–2003	→ Gimnàstic (loan)	11	(0)
2006	→ Burgos (loan)	4	(0)
2007–2008	Fuenlabrada	18	(0)
2008	Talavera	12	(2)
2008–2009	Binefar	11	(2)
2009–2010	Hollywood United	12	(1)
2010–2011	Costa Cálida	11	(1)
2011	Kitchee	8	(2)
2011–2012	UCAM Murcia	11	(2)
2012	Kitchee	9	(1)
2012–2013	Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei	13	(3)
2013	Roi Et United	10	(3)
2014	Southern District	10	(3)
2014–2015	Yokohama FC Hong Kong	9	(1)
2015–	Southern	15	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016.

José María Díaz Muñoz (Chinese: 迪亞斯; born 4 July 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Southern as an defensive midfielder.

Club career

Murcia

José María started his football career in Real Murcia. He joined their youth academy in 1996 and was promoted to the first team in 2000.

On 13 January 2002, José María scored his first senior goal against SD Eibar. The goal was also the only goal of the match.

On Loan to Gimnàstic

José María joined Segunda División B club Gimnàstic de Tarragona on loan from Real Murcia in the 2002–03 season. He returned to Murcia at the end of the season.

Return to Murcia

José María returned to Real Murcia in the 2003–04 season. However, since Murcia were promoted to the La Liga, he only featured Real Murcia B's matches in the season. Unfortunately, Murcia was relegated at the end of the season.

The 2004–2005 season was José María's breakthrough season, which he featured more than twenty games and scored a goal for the first team in Segunda División. However, he only featured one game in the next season, and was loanned to Segunda División B club Burgos.

He returned to Real Murcia in the 2006–07 season. However, his return only meant featuring matches for Real Murcia B being League champion in Tercera División. He left the club at the end of the season.

Competing in Segunda División B

José María joined Segunda División B club Fuenlabrada in July 2007. However, he was transferred to fellow Segunda División B club Talavera in the winter transfer window. He left the club at the end of the season.

Binéfar

José María joined Tercera División club Binéfar in September 2008. After spending three months in the club, he joined American side Hollywood United F.C. in 2009.

Hong Kong

José María joined Hong Kong First Division League side Kitchee in January 2011 being League champion at the end of the season. José María returned to Kitchee in January 2012 winning League Cup, League and FA Cup for this season. In 2012-13 he was playing for Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei.^[1]

On 4 February 2014, he joins Royal Southern on a free transfer.

Club statistics

Spain

As of 5 May 2013.

Club	Season	Division	League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Others^1		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Real Murcia	2000–01	Segunda División	1	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	0
	2001–02	Segunda División	3	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	1
Gimnàstic (loan)	2002–03	Segunda División B	11	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	11	0
Gimnàstic Total			11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Real Murcia	2003–04	La Liga	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0
	2004–05	Segunda División	21	1	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	1
	2005–06	Segunda División	1	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	0
Burgos (loan)		Segunda División B	4	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	0
Burgos Total			4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Real Murcia	2006–07	Segunda División	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0
Real Murcia Total			26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	2
Fuenlabrada	2007–08	Segunda División B	18	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	0
Talavera		Segunda División B	12	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12	2
Fuenlabrada Total			18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Talavera Total			12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2
Spain Total			71	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	72	4

¹ Others include Supercopa de España and promotion/relegation playoffs.

USA

As of 5 May 2013.

Club	Season	Division	League		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		North America		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hollywood United	2009	PDL	12	1	1	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	13	1
	2010	PDL							N/A	N/A
Hollywood United Total			42	8					0	0	42	8
USA Total			42	8					0	0	42	8

Hong Kong

As of 5 May 2013.

Club	Season	Division	League		Shield & FA Cup		League Cup		AFC Cup		Others^1		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kitchee	2010–11	First Division	8	2	1	0	2	0	N/A	N/A	—	—	11	2
	2011–12	First Division	9	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	—	—	16	1
Kitchee Total			17	3	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	27	3
Sunray Cave JC Suu Hei	2012–13	First Division	13	3	4	0	—	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	17	3
Sun Hei Total			13	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3
Hong Kong Total			30	6	9	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	44	6

¹ Others include Hong Kong AFC Cup playoffs.

Thailand

As of 11 December 2013.

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Queen's Cup		Asia		Others^1		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Roi Et United	2013	Regional League North-East Division	10	3	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	8	3	0	0
Roi Et United Total			10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0
Thailand Total			10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	18	6

¹ Others include Champions League playoffs.

References

1. "傑志再添西班牙兵 繼續「巴塞實驗」". goalmedia.com.hk. 3 January 2010.

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• FutbolMe profile
• José María Díaz Muñoz at thefinalball.com
  
• HKFA