Mínor Díaz Araya (born 26 December 1980 in Acoyapa[1]) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer and current manager of Fútbol Consultants Desamparados.

Mínor Díaz

Personal information
Full name	Mínor Díaz Araya
Date of birth	(1980-12-26) 26 December 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth	Acoyapa de Nicoya, Costa Rica
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Guanacasteca (ACG) (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Santa Bárbara
1999–2000	Karlsruher SC	6	(0)
2000–2005	Herediano	86	(46)
2005–2006	Alajuelense	32	(11)
2006–2008	Cartaginés	47	(16)
2008–2010	Liberia Mia	48	(6)
2010–2011	UCR	31	(19)
2011	Alajuelense	9	(3)
2012–2014	Herediano	52	(14)
2014	Belén	3	(1)
National team
2001–2005	Costa Rica	6	(1)
Teams managed
2014–2018	Herediano (assistant)
2016	Herediano (caretaker)
2018	Herediano B
2018–2019	La U Universitarios
2019–	Desamparados
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Díaz had a brief spell with Karlsruher SC in the German 2. Fußball-Bundesliga during the 1999-00 season, appearing in six matches.[2] He then had a lengthy spell at Herediano where he became the league's top goalscorer in 2000/01[3] and played for Alajuelense and Cartaginés. In May 2008 he moved to Liberia Mia,[4] he then sued his club which was renamed Águilas Guanacastecas for owing him 4 months' wages[5] and in summer 2010 joined UCR.[6]

In January 2012 he returned to Herediano,[7] winning two league titles, and in summer 2014 joined Belén.[8]

International career

Díaz played for Costa Rica at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup finals in Egypt and at the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Nigeria.[9]

Díaz has made 6 appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in a friendly against Venezuela on April 18, 2001.[10] He appeared in four matches as Costa Rica finished second at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2001 tournament.[11]

Coaching career

Two months after signing with A.D. Belén, Díaz decided to retire after getting offered an assistant manager position at his former club C.S. Herediano.[12] On 16 February 2016, Díaz took charge of Herediano on an interim basis after manager Odir Jacques was fired[13] until Hernán Medford was hired on 21 February. In the summer 2018, he took charge of the club's reserve team, before he was appointed manager of La U Universitarios on 30 October 2018.[14] On 23 September 2019 the club reported through a press release, that Díaz had left the club by mutual agreement.[15]

On 1 October 2019, Díaz was appointed manager of Fútbol Consultants Desamparado.[16]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	April 18, 2001	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Venezuela	2–1	2–2	Friendly

References

External links

• Mínor Díaz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at Nacion (in Spanish)

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