Mauro Díaz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mauro Alberto Díaz | ||
Date of birth | 10 March 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
River Plate | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2013 | River Plate | 69 | (3) |
2012–2013 | → Unión Española (loan) | 41 | (5) |
2013–2018 | FC Dallas | 109 | (23) |
2018–2020 | Shabab Al-Ahli | 23 | (5) |
2020–2021 | Estudiantes | 18 | (1) |
National team | |||
2009–2010 | Argentina U20 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 July 2021 |
Mauro Alberto Díaz (born 10 March 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Early career[]
Díaz made his first team debut for River Plate on 21 September 2008 in a 3–1 away loss to San Martín de Tucumán.
Club career[]
FC Dallas[]
Díaz joined Major League Soccer side FC Dallas late in 2013, quickly emerging as a talented young playmaker for the club. He scored several goals in the first few weeks of the 2014 season and earned MLS's player of the month for his exploits in March 2014. However, injuries affected him the rest of the season, and he ended up starting only nine matches.[1] In 2015, he started 24 games and scored eight goals with ten assists as Dallas were the runners up for the Supporters' Shield and advanced to the Western Conference Finals. The next year, Díaz helped Dallas win two trophies: the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the 2016 Supporters' Shield. However, his 2016 season ended in the penultimate game of the regular season on 16 October when he tore the Achilles tendon on his right leg.[2] He was later named to the 2016 MLS Best XI.[3]
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai[]
On July 3, 2018, it was announced that Diaz had joined UAE Pro-League side Shabab Al-Ahli for an undisclosed transfer fee.
Personal life[]
Diaz is the brother-in-law of both fellow Argentine footballer Ramiro Funes Mori and Mexican footballer Rogelio Funes Mori.[1] Diaz holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[4]
Honors[]
FC Dallas
- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2016
- Supporters' Shield: 2016
Individual
- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Player of the Tournament: 2016[5]
- MLS Best XI: 2016[3]
- MLS All-Star: 2016
References[]
- ^ a b "Hoping to stay fully healthy, soft-spoken FC Dallas playmaker Mauro Díaz readies for major role in 2015". Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "FC Dallas Midfielder Mauro Diaz Has Surgery Repair Torn Achilles Tendon". FCDallas.com. FC Dallas. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ a b "MLS Best XI revealed: Who was the best at each position in 2016?". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Behind the Decision-Making in FC Dallas' Protected List ahead of 2016 MLS Expansion Draft | FC Dallas". Archived from the original on 13 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 US Open Cup: Record-breaking Mauro Diaz ends FC Dallas' title drought, named TheCup.us Player of the Tournament |". Retrieved 20 October 2016.
External links[]
- (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- (in Spanish) River Plate Official Profile
- FC Dallas profile
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Entre Ríos Province
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- FC Dallas players
- Shabab Al-Ahli Club players
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- UAE Pro League players
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Major League Soccer players
- Designated Players (MLS)
- Argentina youth international footballers
- Major League Soccer All-Stars
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine football midfielder, 1990s birth stubs