Gerald Díaz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait | ||
Date of birth | (1999-03-23) March 23, 1999 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Caguas, Puerto Rico | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bayamón FC | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2017 | Vall de Uxó | ||
2017 | Levante | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018 | Marshalltown Tigers | 17 | (7) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017 | Vall de Uxó | 1 | (0) |
2017 | Atlético Levante | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Bayamón FC | (10) | |
2020–2021 | Vilamarxant | 11 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Bayamón FC | ||
2022– | Buñol | ||
International career‡ | |||
2016–2018 | Puerto Rico U20 | 8 | (1) |
2019 | Puerto Rico U23 | 3 | (1) |
2017– | Puerto Rico | 23 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:01, 1 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:35, 21 November 2023 (UTC) |
Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait (born March 23, 1999) is a Puerto Rican football player who plays as a midfielder for Bayamón FC in the Liga Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico national team.
Career
Díaz began playing in Puerto Rico at local club Caguas Bairoa. He later spent time in Spain in UD Vall de Uxó and Levante UD.[1] He played on his first college year at Marshalltown Community College before returning to Puerto Rico in 2019 to play for Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.[2]
International career
Gerald was called up in 2016 for the Puerto Rico national under-20 football team for the first round of World Cup qualifiers.[3]
He made his debut with the Puerto Rico national football team in July 2017 in a friendly match against Indonesia.[4]
In 2018 he was called up once again for the U20 under head coach Amado Guevara for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where he scored a goal.[5] In July 2019, he played for the Puerto Rico national under-23 football team for the 2020 Olympic Games qualification where he scored one goal.[6]
He scored his first international goal on October 15, 2019 on a 2-3 victory over Anguilla. On June 18, 2023 he scored the winning penalty in a shoot-out against Suriname in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match, taking Puerto Rico to their highest achievement in the competition's history to date.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 June 2021.[8][9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vall de Uxó | 2017–18 | Preferente Valenciana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Atlético Levante | 2017–18 | Tercera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vilamarxant | 2020–21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
Career total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
- Notes
International
- As of match played 21 November 2023.[10]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Puerto Rico | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 1 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 1 | |
2022 | 2 | 1 | |
2023 | 9 | 7 | |
Total | 23 | 10 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.[10]
References
- ^ "Más jugadores boricuas en Pro-Levante | FutbolBoricua.net".
- ^ "SE PREPARA PARA INICIAR EL FÚTBOL MASCULINO UNIVERSITARIO | FutbolBoricua.net".
- ^ "Le llega el turno a la Sub20 rumbo a la Copa Mundial".
- ^ "Reñido empate ante Indonesia".
- ^ "Lista la Sub20 para el Campeonato Concacaf".
- ^ "Regresa hoy la Selección Olímpica ante Antigua y Barbuda".
- ^ "Suriname v Puerto Rico match report".
- ^ Gerald Díaz at Soccerway
- ^ Gerald Díaz at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Gerald Díaz at National-Football-Teams.com
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