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Ramón Díaz
Díaz as Paraguay manager in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ramón Ángel Díaz
Date of birth (1959-08-29) 29 August 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth La Rioja, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Vasco da Gama (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1982 River Plate 123 (57)
1982–1983
Napoli
25 (3)
1983–1986
Avellino
78 (22)
1986–1988 Fiorentina 53 (17)
1988–1989
Internazionale
33 (12)
1989–1991 Monaco 60 (24)
1991–1993 River Plate 52 (27)
1993–1995 Yokohama Marinos 75 (52)
Total 499 (215)
International career
1978–1979 Argentina U20 6 (8)
1979–1982 Argentina 22 (10)
Managerial career
1995–1999 River Plate
2001–2002 River Plate
2004–2005 Oxford United
2007–2008
San Lorenzo
2008–2009 América
2010–2011
San Lorenzo
2011–2012 Independiente
2012–2014 River Plate
2014–2016 Paraguay
2016–2018 Al Hilal
2018 Al-Ittihad
2019 Pyramids
2020 Libertad
2020 Botafogo
2021–2022 Al Nasr
2022–2023 Al Hilal
2023– Vasco da Gama
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramón Ángel Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈmon ˈaŋxel ˈdi.as]; born 29 August 1959) is a former Argentine footballer and manager. He played for River Plate as a striker, and coached it for three tenures, winning eight titles. He is also known by the nickname of El Pelado ("Baldy"). He is the manager of the Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.

Club career

Díaz was born in the city of

Monaco under famed manager Arsène Wenger.[1]

International career

Diaz playing for Argentina at the 1979 U-20 World Cup

Ramón Díaz was on the Argentina under-20 team that won the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, alongside Diego Maradona. Díaz and Maradona were the core of the attack-minded team, and together scored 14 of the team's 20 goals (70%). Díaz scored 8 goals, winning the Golden Boot for being the top scorer of the competition. Maradona scored 6 goals, winning the Best Player award.

Ramón Díaz then went on to play in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and scored against Brazil in Argentina's 3–1 defeat. It had been rumoured that he and Maradona were involved in a feud which prevented Diaz from playing for Argentina in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups. However, this was denied by Maradona in his autobiography Yo soy el Diego, claiming that he had told the then-Argentina manager, Carlos Bilardo, that he wanted Diaz in both the 1986 and 1990 World Cup squads.[1][2]

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

Supercopa Sudamericana.[1]

Oxford United

Ramón Díaz served as manager of

Oxford United between 2004 and 2005, despite already having achieved considerable success in his native Argentina. At the time, Diaz told the media: "I like English football and I wanted to get first-hand experience of it...I'd seen plenty of it on television... It's also very interesting to work at this level, because it's completely different from football at the top." It was also claimed that neither Diaz nor any of his five backroom staff were being paid by Oxford United for their services.[1]

San Lorenzo 1st Term

On 24 December 2006, he was appointed head coach of

Clausura 2007
championship title, the club's first title in six years.

Club América

On 15 May 2008, Diaz was confirmed as the new

Morelia 1–0. Díaz lost again against Pachuca 3–1. After two consecutive league losses, and the club being in 12th position in the league table, Club América sacked coach Ramón Díaz on Tuesday 10 February 2009.[6]

San Lorenzo 2nd Term

On 25 May 2010, it was made official by President Savino that Ramón Díaz was appointed for the second time. Díaz had a one-year contract with San Lorenzo.[7] Ramón Díaz resigned because of poor results and said there is no turning back. In addition, he said that this has nothing to do with Abdo: "I thank the president because he gave me everything, just like the players."[8]

Independiente

On 12 September 2011, Independiente hired Díaz to replace Antonio Mohamed who resigned. On 5 March 2012, Ramón Díaz quit Independiente, resigning from his position at the King of Cups, who had been struggling and found themselves at the very bottom of the table.[9] Ramón Díaz was replaced by Christian Díaz.[citation needed]

River Plate 3rd term

On 30 November 2012, Ramón Díaz was appointed coach of River Plate for the third time in his management career.[10] Ramón won the Toreno Final in 2014, and he also won the Superfinal against San Lorenzo 1–0.[11] On 27 May 2014, Díaz left River Plate.[12]

Paraguay National Team

Díaz during a press conference as Paraguay manager, 2016

On 5 December 2014, Ramón left River Plate to become the manager of the Paraguay national team. He said "It's one of the biggest challenges of my career... There's a lot of work to do".[13] Ramón first major competition was the 2015 Copa América. His first match in the Copa América was against Argentina which they drew 2–2. Ramón's second match was against Jamaica which they won 1–0. The last match of the group stages was against Uruguay which they drew 1-1. Paraguay finished 2nd with five points in their group. Paraguay won the quarterfinal against Brazil 1–1 (3–4 on penalties). Paraguay were hammered 6–1 by Argentina in the semifinals which let them go to the third group playoff which they lost 2–0 against Peru which made Paraguay fourth in the Copa América. Ramón continued in the national team. On the Copa América Centenario, Paraguay were out of the competition in the group stage, by drawing against Costa Rica and losing to Colombia 2–1 and the US 1–0. On 12 June 2016, following an unsuccessful run at Copa América Centenario, he resigned as manager of Paraguay.[14]

Al-Hilal

On 13 October 2016 Ramón Díaz was appointed manager of

Al-Hilal FC after former manager Gustavo Matosas was sacked[15]
with a one-year contract.

2016–17 season

Ramón's first match was against

Ittihad FC 3–1. Ramón Diaz drew 0–0 against Al-Ahli, but he won against Al-Shabab 2–1 to Secure the title. Al-Hilal lifted the league against Al-Nassr in the Riyadh Derby after winning 5–1 in the league. Ramón Díaz renewed his contract for one more year for 1.5 million dollars.[16][17][18] Ramón made Al-Hilal first in the Champions League group stages after winning against Al-Rayyan 4–3.[19] Ramón made Al-Hilal qualify to the King's Cup final after beating Al-Taawon 3–4. Ramón Díaz won the King's Cup against Al-Ahli in final 3–2.[20] Rámon Díaz won the Champions League Round of 16 first leg against Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C. 2–1.[21] Díaz won the second leg 2–1 again [2–4 on AGG] making Al-Hilal go to the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League.[22][23][24][25]

2017–18 season

On 4 June, Díaz signed


On 10 August, Díaz won the first match of the season 2–1 against league debutant
Al-Taawoun 4–3. On 21 August, Díaz made Al-Hilal draw against Al Ain 0–0 in the 2017 AFC Champions League quarter finals.[32]

On 11 September, Díaz made Al-Hilal qualify to the semi-final of the AFC Champions League after beating Al-Ain 3–0. After that, he signed

Al-Nassr
.

On 18 November, Diaz and his team drew in the first leg of the final of the

Al-Ain 0–0 in the Champions League. On 20 February, Al-Hilal lost 1–0 against Esteghlal in Oman. On 21 February, Al-Hilal sacked Ramon Diaz due to unsatisfactory performances.[38]

Botafogo

On 8 November 2020, Díaz was named manager of Série A side Botafogo.[39] He subsequently returned to his home country to make an emergency surgery to remove a tumor,[40] and his absence was prolonged due to his clinical condition.

On 27 November 2020, Botafogo announced the departure of Díaz and his staff from the club.[41] He left the club without managing a single match for them, as the three matches played by them during the period (all losses) were managed by his assistant and son Emiliano Díaz.

Al Nasr

In February 2021, he agreed to a contract with Al Nasr to last until the summer of 2022.[42][43]

Return to Al Hilal

On 14 February 2022, Díaz was named as the new coach of

Saudi Professional League club Al Hilal until the end of the season.[44] However, he later led Al Hilal to defeat Flamengo 3–2 in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup semi-finals,[45] before losing the final 3–5 against Real Madrid.[46]

In the 2022 AFC Champions League final, his team lost 2–1 on aggregate against Urawa Red Diamonds for the second time after 2017.[47] After winning the King Cup final against Al-Wehda in May 2023, Díaz decided to step down from his post and return to his country, in order to be with his family following the death of his wife two months earlier in a car accident; meanwhile, his son Emiliano became the caretaker manager of the club for the rest of the season.[48]

Career statistics

Club

Díaz with River Plate in 1981
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup League Cup Total
1978
River Plate
Primera División
14 5 14 5
1979 22 12 22 12
1980 40 22 40 22
1981 47 18 47 18
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Total
1982–83
Napoli
Serie A 25 3 25 3
1983–84
Avellino
Serie A 24 7 24 7
1984–85 27 5 27 5
1985–86 27 10 27 10
1986–87 Fiorentina Serie A 29 10 29 10
1987–88 24 7 24 7
1988–89
Internazionale
Serie A 33 12 7 1 3 2 43 15
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
1989–90 Monaco Division 1 28 15 28 15
1990–91 32 9 32 9
Argentina League Cup League Cup Total
1991–92
River Plate
Primera División
31 20 31 20
1992–93 21 7 21 7
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1993 Yokohama Marinos J1 League 32 28 3 1 5 3 40 32
1994 37 23 4 2 3 1 44 26
1995 6 1 0 0 - 6 1
Country Argentina 175 84 175 84
Italy 189 54 189 54
France 60 24 60 24
Japan 75 52 7 3 8 4 90 59
Total 499 214 7 3 8 4 514 221

[49]

International

Díaz celebrating a goal at the 1979 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Argentina national team
Year Apps Goals
1979 1 1
1980 9 4
1981 4 1
1982 8 4
Total 22 10

Managerial statistics

As of 17 March 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat. From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
River Plate Argentina 8 July 1995 11 February 2000 252 126 66 60 451 303 +148 050.00
River Plate Argentina 1 July 2001 30 June 2002 52 29 14 9 111 49 +62 055.77
Oxford United England 9 December 2004 4 May 2005 25 10 7 8 48 56 −8 040.00
San Lorenzo Argentina 24 December 2006 12 June 2008 68 37 14 17 104 77 +27 054.41
América Mexico 25 June 2008 12 February 2009 24 7 9 8 47 50 −3 029.17
San Lorenzo Argentina 25 May 2010 24 April 2011 30 10 9 11 29 29 +0 033.33
Independiente Argentina 12 September 2011 5 March 2012 20 7 5 8 21 20 +1 035.00
River Plate Argentina 30 November 2012 27 May 2014 66 30 17 19 77 56 +21 045.45
Paraguay Paraguay 4 December 2014 12 June 2016 20 3 9 8 11 22 −11 015.00
Al-Hilal
Saudi Arabia 15 October 2016 20 February 2018 65 42 17 6 83 50 +33 064.62
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 1 July 2018 15 September 2018 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 000.00
Pyramids Egypt 14 February 2019 27 May 2019 13 8 4 1 18 9 +9 061.54
Libertad Paraguay 20 December 2019 24 September 2020 24 14 4 6 45 29 +16 058.33
Botafogo Brazil 4 November 2020 27 November 2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Al Nasr United Arab Emirates 4 February 2021 7 February 2022 37 14 8 15 58 46 +12 037.84
Al-Hilal
Saudi Arabia 14 February 2022 14 May 2023 60 39 12 9 116 58 +58 065.00
Vasco da Gama Brazil 15 July 2023 present 37 16 11 10 54 43 +11 043.24
Total 796 392 205 199 1,303 879 +424 049.25

Honours

Player

River Plate

Internazionale

Monaco

Yokohama Marinos

Argentina U20

Individual

Manager

River Plate

San Lorenzo

Al-Hilal

Al-Ittihad

Al-Nasr

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ The "Superfinal" is considered as a national cup by the Argentine Football Association.[53]

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