Christian Díaz

Not to be confused with Cristian Díaz.

Christian Díaz
Personal information
Full name	Christian Lionel Díaz
Date of birth	(1976-05-12) 12 May 1976
Place of birth	Florencio Varela, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Olimpo (coach)
Youth career
	Olimpo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2000	Independiente	119	(4)
2000–2001	Udinese	32	(1)
2001–2002	Mallorca	8	(0)
2002–2003	Levante	39	(0)
2003	Albacete	6	(0)
2004	Ciudad Murcia	17	(0)
2005	Almería	4	(0)
2005–2006	Olimpo	18	(1)
2006–2007	Huracán	39	(0)
2007–2009	Arsenal Sarandí	47	(0)
Total		329	(6)
Teams managed
2012	Independiente
2013	Deportes Iquique
2015	San Martín Porres
2016–	Olimpo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Christian Lionel Díaz (born 12 May 1976) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a defender, and the current manager of Club Olimpo.

Football career

Born in Florencio Varela Partido, Buenos Aires, Díaz started his career with Club Atlético Independiente in 1995. In his first season as a professional, he helped El Diablo Rojo win the South American Supercup in an eventual 2–1 aggregate triumph against Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, and appeared in more than 150 official games with the club during his five-year spell.

In 2000, Díaz moved to Italy and joined Udinese Calcio, only missing three Serie A matches as the team finished in 12th position. In the following four years he played in Spain, representing RCD Mallorca, Levante UD, Albacete Balompié, Ciudad de Murcia and UD Almería, having little overall impact and only totalling 14 La Liga games with the first and the third sides combined.

Díaz returned to his country in 2005, successively representing Club Olimpo, Club Atlético Huracán and Arsenal de Sarandí, winning two major titles with the latter club including the 2007 Copa Sudamericana. He retired from football in 2009 at the age of 33, going on to work as a manager.

Club Olimpo – current squad

1 Champagne 2 Rodríguez 3 Villanueva 4 Álvarez 5 Villarruel 6 López 7 Pizzini 8 Sacks 9 Coniglio 10 Pérez 11 Freire 13 Herranz 15 Tellechea 16 Llambay 18 Blanco 19 Mansilla 20 Vega 22 Quiroga 23 Fernández 24 Parnisarri 25 Pantaleone 26 Anchoverri 27 Correa 28 Troyansky 30 Pérez Guedes 31 Cabral 32 Gaona Lugo 34 Lacunza 35 Minutella Manager: Díaz

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