Ramón Díaz

Football player infobox
playername = Ramón Díaz


fullname = Ramón Ángel Díaz
height = height|meters =1.72
nickname = El Pelado
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1959|8|29
cityofbirth = La Rioja
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = Club America
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1978-1981
1982-1983
1983-1986
1986-1988
1988-1989
1989-1991
1991-1993
1993-1995
clubs = River Plate
Napoli
US Avellino
Fiorentina
Inter
AS Monaco
River Plate
Yokohama Marinos
caps(goals) = 123 (57)
025 0(3)
078 (22)
053 (17)
033 (12)
060 (24)
052 (27)
075 (52)
nationalyears = 1979-1982
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 024 (10)
manageryears = 1995-2000
2001-2002
2004-2005
2007-2008
2008-present
managerclubs = River Plate
River Plate
Oxford United
San Lorenzo
Club America
pcupdate = 2007

Ramón Ángel Díaz (born 1959-08-29 in La Rioja), is a former Argentine football player. For most of his career he played for, and later coached, Club Atlético River Plate. He is also known by the nickname of "El Pelado" ("Baldy").

Ramón Díaz won the World Youth Cup in 1979 with the Argentina Under-20 team alongside Diego Maradona. Diaz also played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and scored against Brazil in Argentina's 3-1 defeat. Although denied by Maradona in his autobiography "El Diego", the two are believed to have had a feud which prevented Diaz from playing for Argentina in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups.

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

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 English club Oxford United between 2004 and 2005.

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 clubs first title in six years. Diaz has now been confirmed as the new Club América coach. He will get paid 3.5 million dollars a year with a 3 year contract, becoming the one of the fourth best paid manager in all the Americas under any sport.Fact|date=September 2008

tatistics

Honors and awards

Individual Honors

* FIFA World Youth Championship Top Scorer: 1979
* Primera División Argentina topscorer Apertura 1991
* J. League Top Scorer: 1993
* J. League Best Eleven: 1993

Team Honors

* FIFA World Youth Championship Champions: 1979
* Italian Championship 1988-89
* Primera División Argentina Apertura 1991 with River Plate

External links

* [http://www.futbolpasion.com/crrdiaen.html Some statistics]
* [http://www.ramonalaseleccion.com.ar Blog Requesting him for the National Team]