Luis Díaz (Costa Rican footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Mario Díaz Espinoza | ||
Date of birth | 6 December 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Nicoya, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Columbus Crew SC | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
AD Guanacasteca | |||
–2016 | Grecia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Grecia | 44+ | (2+) |
2019 | Herediano | 19 | (1) |
2019– | Columbus Crew SC | 13 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Costa Rica U20 | ||
2019– | Costa Rica | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 February 2020 |
Luis Mario Díaz Espinoza (born 6 December 1998) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC.[1]
Career
Díaz started his career in the Segunda División de Costa Rica with Municipal Grecia. In the 2016–17 season, he and Grecia earned promotion to Liga FPD, the first division of Costa Rican football.[2] Over the summer of 2018, Díaz was the subject of transfer rumors from Herediano;[3] he would officially join Herediano for the 2019 Clausura.[4] On July 2, 2019, it was announced that Díaz had moved to Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC on a Young Designated Player deal.[5]
Díaz made his Columbus debut against the Chicago Fire.[6] Coming on in the 65th minute for Eduardo Sosa, Diaz assisted fellow debutant Romario Williams in scoring a 90th minute equalizer as part of a 2–2 draw.[6] He went on to finish the 2019 season with two goals and four assists.
International
He made his Costa Rica national football team debut on 6 September 2019 in a friendly against Uruguay, when he replaced Joel Campbell in the 68th minute and was cautioned in the remaining minutes.[7]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental[a] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grecia | 2016–17 | Segunda División | – | – | 2+[b] | 0+ | 2+ | 0+ | ||||
2017–18 | Liga FPD | 27 | 2 | – | – | – | 27 | 2 | ||||
2018–19 | Liga FPD | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
Total | 44+ | 2+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+ | 0+ | 46+ | 2+ | ||
Herediano | 2018–19 | Liga FPD | 19 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
Columbus Crew SC | 2019 | MLS | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
Career total | 76+ | 5+ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+ | 0+ | 82+ | 5+ |
- ^ All appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League
- ^ Appearances in the Segunda División promotion playoffs
- ^ Appearances in the Liga FPD playoffs
International
- As of 6 September 2019[10]
Costa Rica | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2019 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Luis Díaz formará parte del Club Sport Herediano". January 2, 2019.
- ^ "VIDEOS: El Municipal Grecia es campeón y asciende a la primera división". everardoherrera.com. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Ramirez, Wender (23 November 2018). "Luis Díaz deja Grecia para iniciar su aventura en Herediano" [Luis Díaz leaves Grecia to begin his adventure in Herediano]. MarioSegura.com (in Spanish). MarioSegura.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Luis Díaz formará parte del Club Sport Herediano". Club Sport Herediano (in Spanish). 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "Crew Sign Luis Diaz". Major League Soccer.
- ^ a b "Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew SC - Football Match Line-Ups - July 17, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "Costa Rica v Uruguay game report". ESPN. 6 September 2019.
- ^ Luis Díaz at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Luis Díaz at Major League Soccer
- ^ "Luis Díaz". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
External links
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Costa Rican footballers
- People from Guanacaste Province
- Association football midfielders
- Municipal Grecia players
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- Columbus Crew SC players
- Liga FPD players
- Major League Soccer players
- Costa Rica under-20 international footballers
- Costa Rica international footballers
- Designated Players (MLS)
- Costa Rican expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in the United States