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Marcos Díaz (footballer)

Not to be confused with Marcos Díaz (swimmer).

Marcos Guillermo Díaz (born 5 February 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Portuguese club Santa Clara.

Career

Díaz joined Colón at the age of nine, being promoted to the first-team in 2009.[1][2] He made his professional debut during 2009–10 in a 4–1 victory over Arsenal de Sarandí on 8 October 2009.[1] Eleven further appearances followed throughout his first three seasons with Colón.[1][3] In July 2012, Díaz departed on loan to sign for Primera B Nacional side Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1] He made eight appearances as the club ended the season in tenth.[1] Ahead of 2013–14, Díaz joined fellow Primera B Nacional team Huracán on loan.[4] He went on to feature twenty times and was subsequently signed permanently in June 2014.[1][5][2]

Between 2013 and 2014, Díaz won the Copa Argentina and Supercopa Argentina with Huracán.[2] In his first full season, 2014, Huracán won promotion to the Primera División.[1] In 2015, Díaz played forty-three matches, with sixteen coming in continental competition including ten in the 2015 Copa Sudamericana where Huracán reached the final but lost on penalties to Santa Fe.[1] Díaz left on 31 December 2018, following the expiration of his contract; despite appearing sixteen times during 2018–19.[6] Boca Juniors announced the signing of Díaz on 11 January 2019.[7] On late 2020, Díaz joined Talleres.[8]

In January 2023, Díaz signed a contract with Santa Clara in Portugal until June 2024.[9]

Career statistics

As of 3 May 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colón 2009–10 Primera División 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2010–11 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
2011–12 8 0 2 0 — 0 0 10 0
2012–13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) 2012–13 Primera B Nacional 8 0 0 0 — 0 0 8 0
Huracán (loan) 2013–14 19 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 20 0
Huracán 2014 16 0 5 0 — 1[a] 0 22 0
2015 Primera División 25 0 1 0 16[b] 0 1[c] 0 43 0
2016 16 0 0 0 9[d] 0 0 0 25 0
2016–17 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
2017–18 26 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
2018–19 14 0 2 0 — 0 0 16 0
Total 124 0 13 0 25 0 3 0 165 0
Boca Juniors 2018–19 Primera División 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 165 0 14 0 25 0 3 0 207 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in the Supercopa Argentina
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Honours

Huracán
Boca Juniors

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Marcos Díaz at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b c d e "Marcos Díaz, loco por el fútbol". El Grafico. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Marcos Díaz profile". BDFA. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Mohamed sumó un arquero: Marcos Díaz". Club Atlético Huracán. 29 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Marcos Díaz por tres años". Club Atlético Huracán. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Se rompió la relación entre Marcos Díaz y Huracán: No tengo ganas de soportar ciertos maltratos". Infobae. 4 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Boca confirmó a Marcos Díaz como refuerzo". ESPN. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Marcos Díaz es refuerzo de jerarquía para el Plantel Superior". Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  9. ^ "MARCOS DÍAZ É REFORÇO" [Marcos Díaz is a reinforcement] (in Portuguese). Santa Clara. 12 January 2023. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.