Luis Díaz (Costa Rican footballer)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Espinoza.
Luis Díaz
Diaz Luis Columbus Crew SC Meet the Team 2019.jpg
Diaz with Columbus Crew in 2019
Personal information
Full name Luis Mario Díaz Espinoza
Date of birth (1998-12-06) 6 December 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Nicoya, Costa Rica
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Columbus Crew
Number 12
Youth career
AD Guanacasteca
0000–2016 Grecia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Grecia 45 (2)
2019 Herediano 19 (1)
2019– Columbus Crew 54 (4)
National team‡
2017–2018 Costa Rica U20
2021 Costa Rica U23 3 (0)
2019– Costa Rica 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 July 2021

Luis Mario Díaz Espinoza (born 6 December 1998) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew and the Costa Rica national team.[1]

Career[]

Díaz started his career in the Segunda División de Costa Rica with Municipal Grecia. In the 2016–17 season, he and Grecia earned promotion to Liga FPD, the first division of Costa Rican football.[2] Over the summer of 2018, Díaz was the subject of transfer rumors from Herediano;[3] he would officially join Herediano for the 2019 Clausura.[4] On July 2, 2019, it was announced that Díaz had been transferred to Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC for $1 million, and would join the club as a Young Designated Player.[5][6]

Díaz made his Columbus debut on July 17th against the Chicago Fire.[7] Coming on in the 65th minute for Eduardo Sosa, Diaz assisted fellow debutant Romario Williams in scoring a 90th minute equalizer as part of a 2–2 draw.[7] He went on to finish the 2019 season making 13 appearances along with two goals and four assists.[8] During the 2020 season, Diaz was part of the Columbus team that won the 2020 MLS Cup, making a total of 25 appearances for the club.[8][9] Though Diaz was in and out of the starting lineup throughout the season, he started three out of four of the club's playoff games, including the final in which Columbus beat the Seattle Sounders 3–0.[9]

International[]

He made his Costa Rica national team debut on 6 September 2019 in a friendly against Uruguay, when he replaced Joel Campbell in the 68th minute and was cautioned in the remaining minutes.[10]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 1 November 2021[11][12]
Club Season League Cup Continental[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grecia 2016–17 Segunda División 0 0 – – 2[b] 0 2 0
2017–18 Liga FPD 27 2 – – – 27 2
2018–19 Liga FPD 18 0 – – – 18 0
Total 45 2 – – 2 0 47 2
Herediano 2018–19 Liga FPD 19 1 – 2 0 2[c] 0 23 1
Columbus Crew 2019 MLS 13 2 – – – 13 2
2020 21 0 – – 4 0 25 0
2021 18 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 23 1
Career total 116 6 0 0 6 0 8 0 131 6
  1. ^ All appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in the Segunda División promotion playoffs
  3. ^ Appearances in the Liga FPD playoffs

International[]

As of 26 July 2021[13]
Costa Rica
Year Apps Goals
2019 2 0
2020 2 0
2021 3 0
Total 7 0

Honours[]

Columbus Crew

References[]

  1. ^ "Luis Díaz formará parte del Club Sport Herediano". January 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "VIDEOS: El Municipal Grecia es campeón y asciende a la primera división". everardoherrera.com. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ Ramirez, Wender (23 November 2018). "Luis Díaz deja Grecia para iniciar su aventura en Herediano" [Luis Díaz leaves Grecia to begin his adventure in Herediano]. MarioSegura.com (in Spanish). MarioSegura.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Luis Díaz formará parte del Club Sport Herediano". Club Sport Herediano (in Spanish). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Crew Sign Luis Diaz". Major League Soccer. 2 July 2019.
  6. ^ Myers, Jacob. "Columbus Crew signs Costa Rica winger Luis Diaz on $1 million transfer fee". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  7. ^ a b "Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew SC - Football Match Line-Ups - July 17, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Costa Rica - L. Díaz - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b Straus, Brian. "Resilient at Their Core, Crew Are Fitting MLS Cup Champions in 2020". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Costa Rica v Uruguay game report". ESPN. 6 September 2019.
  11. ^ Luis Díaz at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  12. ^ Luis Díaz at Major League Soccer
  13. ^ "Luis Díaz". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

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