Carlos Diarte

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Carlos Diarte
Personal information
Full name Carlos Martínez Diarte
Date of birth (1954-01-26)26 January 1954
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death 29 June 2011(2011-06-29) (aged 57)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1967–1971
Olimpia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1973
Olimpia
? (?)
1973–1976 Zaragoza 66 (31)
1977–1979 Valencia 71 (18)
1979–1980 Salamanca 31 (7)
1980–1983 Betis 75 (29)
1983–1986 Saint-Étienne ? (?)
1987
Olimpia
? (?)
International career
Paraguay 45 (?)
Managerial career
Deportivo Alginet
1996–1997 Atlético B
1999 Salamanca
2002 Gimnàstic
2003 Guaraní
2006 Colegiales
2008 Gimnàstic
2009–2010 Equatorial Guinea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Martínez Diarte (26 January 1954 – 29 June 2011), better known as Lobo, was a Paraguayan football striker and coach.

Career

As player

Diarte started his career in

Saturnino Arrua and Felipe Ocampos that were playing for Zaragoza at that time). In 1976, Diarte signed for Valencia CF where he would be part of a formidable attacking line along with Mario Kempes and Johnny Rep. Diarte also played for UD Salamanca (from 1979 to 1980), Real Betis (from 1980 to 1983 where he scored 29 goals in 75 La Liga games) and AS Saint-Étienne of France
(from 1983 to 1985).

In 1987, he returned to

Olimpia Asunción to retire. In that year, he helped the team win the Paraguayan championship. Diarte was also part of the Paraguay national football team
for several years.

As coach

Once Diarte retired as a footballer he became a coach and managed several teams including Valencia CF (1988), Deportivo Alginet, Atlético Madrid B (1997–1998), UD Salamanca (1998–1999) and Gimnàstic de Tarragona (2002) all from Spain; Atl. Colegiales, Guaraní and Olimpia (as assistant coach) from Paraguay. He also managed the Equatorial Guinea national football team before being diagnosed with cancer.[1]

Death

Diarte died of cancer on 29 June 2011.

Titles

Season Team Title
1971
Olimpia
Paraguayan 1st division
1979 Valencia CF Copa del Rey
1973
Olimpia
Paraguayan 1st division

References

  1. ^ "Muere el paraguayo 'Lobo' Diarte" [Paraguayan 'Wolf' Diarte died] (in Spanish). Esto. 29 June 2011.