Ramón Díaz

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Ramón Díaz
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Personal information
Full name Ramón Ángel Díaz
Date of birth (1959-08-29) August 29, 1959 (age 53)
Place of birth La Rioja, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1978–1981 River Plate 123 (57)
1982–1983 Napoli 25 (3)
1983–1986 Avellino 78 (22)
1986–1988 Fiorentina 53 (17)
1988–1989 Internazionale 33 (12)
1989–1991 Monaco 60 (24)
1991–1993 River Plate 52 (27)
1993–1995 Yokohama Marinos 75 (52)
National team
1979–1982 Argentina 22 (10)
Teams managed
1995–2000 River Plate
2001–2002 River Plate
2004–2005 Oxford United
2007–2008 San Lorenzo
2008–2009 América
2010–2011 San Lorenzo
2011–2012 Independiente
2012– River Plate
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ramón Ángel Díaz (born 29 August 1959) is a former Argentine football player. He played for, and now coaches, Club Atlético River Plate. He is also known by the nickname of El Pelado ("Baldy").

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Life and career[edit]

Díaz was born in La Rioja. He won the World Youth Cup in 1979 with the Argentina Under-20 team alongside Diego Maradona. He also played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and scored against Brazil in Argentina's 3-1 defeat. It had been rumoured that he and Maradona were involved in a feud which prevented Diaz from playing for Argentina in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups. However, this was denied by Maradona in his autobiography "El Diego", claiming that he had told the then-Argentina manager, Carlos Bilardo, that he wanted Diaz in both the 1986 and 1990 World Cup squads.[1]

Diaz played in River Plate's youth system under Norberto "El Pacha" Yacono, who recommended Diaz to his "Maquina" Teammate Angel Labruna who was coaching the senior side.

Díaz played as a forward. His opening game in the Argentine First Division was on 1978-08-13, a game where River Plate beat Colón de Santa Fe by 1–0. He scored his first goal on 30 August of that year, playing against Quilmes Atlético Club. His last game was on 1993-03-13.

Managerial career[edit]

Díaz served as the manager of River Plate between 1995 and 2003, in that time he guided the club to victory in the 1996 Copa Libertadores as well as collecting five league titles and the Supercopa Sudamericana.

Ramón Díaz served as manager of League Two English club Oxford United between 2004 and 2005, despite already having achieved considerable success in his native Argentina. At the time, Diaz told the media: "I like English football and I wanted to get first-hand experience of it...I'd seen plenty of it on television...It's also very interesting to work at this level, because it's completely different from football at the top." It was also claimed that neither Diaz nor any of his five backroom staff were being paid by Oxford United for their services.[2]

In 2007 he was appointed head coach of San Lorenzo, in the Argentine Primera. In his first season with the club he led them to the Clausura 2007 championship title, the club's first title in six years. In 2008, Diaz was confirmed as the new Club América coach. Although the club did not reveal specific details about Diaz' contract,[3] he was reportedly offered 1.5 million dollars per year including performance-related bonuses which could have taken his total earnings to 6 million dollars.[4] He was fired on 10 February 2009.

On 5 March 2012, Ramon Diaz quits Independiente, The 52-year-old coach has resigned from his position at the King of Cups, who have been struggling of late, and find themselves at the very bottom of the table [5]

Statistics[edit]

[6]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup League Cup Total
1978 River Plate Primera División 14 5 14 5
1979 22 12 22 12
1980 40 22 40 22
1981 47 18 47 18
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Total
1982/83 Napoli Serie A 25 3 25 3
1983/84 Avellino Serie A 24 7 24 7
1984/85 27 5 27 5
1985/86 27 10 27 10
1986/87 Fiorentina Serie A 29 10 29 10
1987/88 24 7 24 7
1988/89 Internazionale Serie A 33 12 7 1 3 2 43 15
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
1989/90 Monaco Division 1 28 15 28 15
1990/91 32 9 32 9
Argentina League Cup League Cup Total
1991/92 River Plate Primera División 31 20 31 20
1992/93 21 7 21 7
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
1993 Yokohama Marinos J. League 1 32 28 3 1 5 3 40 32
1994 37 23 4 2 3 1 44 26
1995 6 1 0 0 - 6 1
Country Argentina 175 84 175 84
Italy 189 54 189 54
France 60 24 60 24
Japan 75 52 7 3 8 4 90 59
Total 499 214 7 3 8 4 514 221

He was the top scorer of the Apertura 1991, and Japan League's Scoring Champion in 1993.

Titles as coach for River
Championship Year
Copa Libertadores 1996
Argentine Apertura 1996
Argentine Clausura 1997
Supercopa Sudamericana 1997
Argentine Apertura 1997
Argentine Apertura 1999
Argentine Clausura 2002

He has the River coaching record of 7 championships.

Titles as coach for San Lorenzo de Almagro
Championship Year
Argentine Clausura 2007
Argentina national team
Year Apps Goals
1979 1 1
1980 9 4
1981 4 1
1982 8 4
Total 22 10

Honors and awards[edit]

Individual Honors[edit]

Team Honors[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ramon Diaz: Globe-trotting thoroughbred commits to Oxford cause
  2. ^ Ramon Diaz: Globe-trotting thoroughbred commits to Oxford cause
  3. ^ Ramón Díaz ya es nuevo técnico del América
  4. ^ Ramón fue presentado en América de México
  5. ^ http://www.goal.com/en/news/585/argentina/2012/03/05/2947124/ramon-diaz-quits-independiente
  6. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=20009

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari		 Copa Libertadores winning managers
1996		 Succeeded by
Brazil Paulo Autuori
Authority control
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