César Díaz (Chilean footballer)

César Díaz
Personal information
Full name	César Antonio Díaz Escobar
Date of birth	20 June 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Panamericano K8
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1993	Compañía de Teléfonos
1994–1997	Palestino
1997–2000	Cobreloa
2001	Audax Italiano
2002	Santiago Morning
2003	Coquimbo Unido
2004	Deportes Temuco
2005	Santiago Wanderers
2005–2007	Cobresal
2008	Deportes Melipilla
2009–2010	Curicó Unido
2011	Deportes Antofagasta
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

César Antonio Díaz Escobar (born 20 June 1975) is a Chilean retired footballer who played as a forward and current manager.

Playing career

Born in Santiago, Díaz was with Panamericano K8 from San Miguel before starting his career with Compañía de Teléfonos (CTC) in the Chilean Tercera División. He played for 12 clubs during a 20-year professional career. Later, he played for Club Deportivo Palestino in 1994, moving to Cobreloa after four seasons.^[1]

Díaz went on to represent, in his country's top division but also in the second, Audax Italiano, Santiago Morning, Coquimbo Unido, Deportes Temuco, Santiago Wanderers, Cobresal, Deportes Melipilla, Curicó Unido and Deportes Antofagasta, retiring at the age of 36. He scored his last goal on 4 September 2011 in a 5–0 away win against Deportes Copiapó^[2] and, in 2005, was crowned joint-top scorer to help Cobresal to the sixth overall position.^[3]

Coaching career

In December 2022, he assumed as coach of free agents at the INAF^[es] (National Football Institute), the trade union of players in the Chilean football.^[4]

Honours

Individual

Primera División de Chile Top Scorer: 2005 Clausura

References

^ "César DÍAZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "Deportes Antofagasta, más punteros que nunca" [Deportes Antofagasta, further in first place] (in Spanish). Deportes Antofagasta. 4 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "Chile 2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ León, Rafael (21 December 2022). "El Sifup anuncia al ex goleador César Díaz como su nuevo y flamante entrenador". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2022.

External links

César Díaz at Soccerway

[1] "César DÍAZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[2] "Deportes Antofagasta, más punteros que nunca" [Deportes Antofagasta, further in first place] (in Spanish). Deportes Antofagasta. 4 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[3] "Chile 2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[4] León, Rafael (21 December 2022). "El Sifup anuncia al ex goleador César Díaz como su nuevo y flamante entrenador". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2022.

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