Gerald Díaz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait | ||
Date of birth | March 23, 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Caguas, Puerto Rico | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Vilamarxant | ||
Youth career | |||
–2017 | Vall de Uxó | ||
2017 | Levante | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018 | Marshalltown Tigers | 17 | (7) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017 | Vall de Uxó | 1 | (0) |
2017 | Atlético Levante | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Bayamón FC | (10) | |
2020–2021 | Vilamarxant | 11 | (1) |
2021– | Bayamón FC | ||
National team‡ | |||
2016–2018 | Puerto Rico U20 | 8 | (1) |
2019 | 3 | (1) | |
2017– | Puerto Rico | 12 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:01, 1 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:32, 2 June 2021 (UTC) |
Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait (born March 23, 1999) is a Puerto Rican football player who plays as a midfielder for Vilamarxant and the Puerto Rico national football team.
Career[]
Díaz began playing in Puerto Rico at local club Caguas Bairoa. He later spent time in Spain in UD Vall de Uxó and Levante UD.[1] He played on his first college year at Marshalltown Community College before returning to Puerto Rico in 2019 to play for Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.[2]
International career[]
Gerald was called up in 2016 for the Puerto Rico national under-20 football team for the first round of World Cup qualifiers.[3]
He made his debut with the Puerto Rico national football team in July 2017 in a friendly match against Indonesia.[4]
In 2018 he was called up once again for the U20 under head coach Amado Guevara for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where he scored a goal.[5] In July 2019, he played for the for the 2020 Olympic Games qualification where he scored one goal.[6]
He scored his first international goal on October 15, 2019 on a 2-3 victory over Anguilla.
Career statistics[]
Club[]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vall de Uxó | 2017–18 | Preferente Valenciana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Atlético Levante | 2017–18 | Tercera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vilamarxant | 2020–21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
Career total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
- Notes
International[]
- As of match played 2 June 2021.[9]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Puerto Rico | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 1 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 11 | 2 |
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.[9]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 15 October 2019 | Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguilla | Anguilla | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C |
2. | 2 June 2021 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Bahamas | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References[]
- ^ "Más jugadores boricuas en Pro-Levante | FutbolBoricua.net".
- ^ "SE PREPARA PARA INICIAR EL FÚTBOL MASCULINO UNIVERSITARIO | FutbolBoricua.net".
- ^ "Le llega el turno a la Sub20 rumbo a la Copa Mundial".
- ^ "Reñido empate ante Indonesia".
- ^ "Lista la Sub20 para el Campeonato Concacaf".
- ^ "Regresa hoy la Selección Olímpica ante Antigua y Barbuda".
- ^ Gerald Díaz at Soccerway
- ^ Gerald Díaz at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Gerald Díaz at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from Caguas, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican footballers
- Puerto Rican expatriate footballers
- Puerto Rico international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Tercera División players
- Levante UD footballers
- Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Puerto Rican football biography stubs