Leonardo Nicolás Díaz (Born 6 September 1972 Santa Fe) is a former Argentine association football goalkeeper, and currently is an assistant coach at Cucuta Deportivo club in Colombia.[citation needed]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonardo Nicolás Díaz | ||
Date of birth | (1972-09-05) September 5, 1972 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–1994 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
1994–1995 | Colón de Santa Fe | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2002 | Colón de Santa Fe | 210 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Independiente | 28 | (0) |
2003 | Deportivo Cali | 10 | (0) |
2004 | Colón de Santa Fe | 15 | (0) |
2005–2006 | C.S.D. Municipal | 63 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Huracán | 40 | (0) |
2008 | Deportes Concepción | 11 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Boca Unidos | 30 | (0) |
2010–2011 | The Strongest | 11 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
1991 | Argentina U20 | 3 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2013 | Huracán (assistant) | ||
2013-2014 | Colón de Santa Fe (assistant) | ||
2015-2016 | Quilmes (assistant) | ||
2017-2018 | Cúcuta Deportivo (assistant) | ||
2019-2020 | Independiente (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 7, 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 13, 2018 |
Díaz began his playing career in 1995 with Colón de Santa Fe. His debut came in a 1–0 away defeat to Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy on 20 August 1995. He went on to make over 200 league appearances for the Santa Fe Club.
Diaz has also played for a number of other teams such as Independiente, Deportivo Cali, CSD Municipal, Huracán and Deportes Concepción.
In 2009, he joined newly promoted Boca Unidos in the Argentine 2nd division. In July 2010 he transferred to Bolivian club The Strongest