Osvaldo Díaz

Osvaldo Díaz

Personal information
Full name	Osvaldo Javier Díaz Gimenez
Date of birth	22 December 1981 (1981-12-22)
Place of birth	Paraguay
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Guaraní
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000-2007	Guaraní	167	(30)
2007	Olimpia Asunción	18	(2)
2008	AC Lugano	3	(0)
2008	12 de Octubre	5	(0)
2009-	Guaraní	6	(1)
National team
2001	Paraguay U20
2004	Paraguay U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2008. † Appearances (Goals).

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver	2004 Athens	Team Competition

Osvaldo Díaz (born 22 December 1981) is a Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays for Guaraní.

Career

Díaz began his career at Club Guaraní before moving in mid 2007 to Olimpia Asunción in the Paraguayan First Division.

On 1 February 2008 he was signed by AC Lugano, where he only played a total of 17 minutes in 3 games.^{[citation needed]}

Diaz was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan 2004 Olympic football team, which earned a quarter-final place with two victories in the qualifying round. Having finished second in the league, the squad later beat South Korea in the quarter-finals, and Iraq in the semi-finals, before losing to Argentina in the final.

External links

• national-football-teams.com
• Osvaldo Díaz – FIFA competition record