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Osvaldo Díaz
Personal information
Full name Osvaldo Javier Díaz Gimenez
Date of birth (1981-12-22) 22 December 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
12 de Octubre
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)
2009–2010 Guaraní 6 (1)
2011–2012 Independiente F.B.C. 41 (5)
2011Sportivo Luqueño (loan) 18 (1)
2013 Sportivo San Lorenzo
2014– 12 de Octubre
International career
2001 Paraguay U20
2004 Paraguay U23
2004 Paraguay 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2008
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team Competition

Osvaldo Díaz (born 22 December 1981) is a Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays for 12 de Octubre.

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.