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Paraguayan footballer (born 1981) For the Cuban Olympic rower, see Osvaldo Díaz (rower).
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Osvaldo Díaz
Personal information
Full name Osvaldo Javier Díaz Gimenez
Date of birth (1981-12-22) 22 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Guaraní 167 (30)
2007 Olimpia 18 (2)
2008 AC Lugano 3 (0)
2008 12 de Octubre 5 (0)
2009–2010 Guaraní 6 (1)
2011–2012 Independiente FBC 41 (5)
2011 → Sportivo Luqueño (loan) 18 (1)
2013 San Lorenzo
2014– 12 de Octubre 12 (0)
International career
2001 Paraguay U20
2004 Paraguay U23
2004 Paraguay 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team Competition

Osvaldo Díaz (born 22 December 1981) is a retired Paraguayan footballer.

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.

On 4 August, before the Summer Olympics began, he played in a preparation game against the Portugal of Cristiano Ronaldo in the city of Algarve, resulting in a 5–0 defeat. 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.

References

  1. "Portugal Sub 23 vs Paraguay Sub 23 - Amistosos Selecciones Sub 23 2004: Toda la info, alineaciones y eventos".

External links

Paraguay men's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists
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