Ramón Díaz
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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 for Argentina alongside Diego Maradona. 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. Ramón Díaz also had a stint at Oxford United as manager.
In 2007 he was appointed head coach of San Lorenzo de Almagro, in the Argentine first division.
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[edit] Statistics
| Year | Championship | Team | Played | Goals |
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| 1978 | (Metro) | River Plate | 14 | 5 |
| 1979 | (Metro) | River Plate | 6 | 3 |
| 1979 | (National) | River Plate | 16 | 9 |
| 1980 | (Metro) | River Plate | 27 | 14 |
| 1980 | (National) | River Plate | 13 | 8 |
| 1981 | (Metro) | River Plate | 30 | 14 |
| 1981 | (National) | River Plate | 17 | 4 |
| 1982/83 | - | SSC Napoli (Italy) | 25 | 3 |
| 1983/84 | - | US Avellino (Italy) | 24 | 7 |
| 1984/85 | - | US Avellino (Italy) | 27 | 5 |
| 1985/86 | - | US AvellinoItaly) | 27 | 10 |
| 1986/87 | - | ACF Fiorentina (Italy) | 29 | 10 |
| 1987/88 | - | ACF Fiorentina (Italy) | 24 | 7 |
| 1988/89 | - | Inter (Italy) | 33 | 12 |
| 1989/90 | - | AS Monaco (France) | 28 | 15 |
| 1990/91 | - | AS Monaco (France) | 32 | 9 |
| 1991 | (Apertura) | River Plate | 17 | 14 |
| 1992 | (Clausura) | River Plate | 14 | 6 |
| 1992 | (Apertura) | River Plate | 17 | 7 |
| 1993 | (Clausura) | River Plate | 4 | - |
| 1993/94 | - | Yokohama Marinos (Japan) | 62 | 52 |
| Total | Argentina | 175 | 84 | |
| Total | Italy | 189 | 54 | |
| Total | France | 60 | 24 | |
| Total | Japan | 62 | 52 | |
| Total | 484 | 214 |
He was the top scorer of the Apertura 1991, and Japan League's Scoring Champion in 1993.
| Championship | Year |
|---|---|
| Copa Libertadores | 1996 |
| Argentine Apertura | 1996 |
| Argentine Clausura | 1997 |
| Supercopa Sudamericana | 1997 |
| Argentine Apertura | 1997 |
| Argentine Apertura | 1999 |
| Argentine Clausura | 2002 |
He has the River coaching record of 7 championships.
[edit] Honors and awards
[edit] Individual Honors
- FIFA World Youth Championship Top Scorer: 1979
- J-League Top Scorer: 1993
- J-League Best Eleven: 1993
[edit] Team Honors
- FIFA World Youth Championship Champions: 1979
[edit] External links
- River Plate official web site (in Spanish)
- Some statistics
| Preceded by no award |
J-League Top Scorer 1993 |
Succeeded by Frank Ordenewitz |
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Argentina squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Ardiles | 2 Baley | 3 Barbas | 4 Bertoni | 5 Calderón | 6 Díaz | 7 Fillol | 8 Galván | 9 Gallego | 10 Maradona | 11 Kempes | 12 Hernández | 13 Olarticoechea | 14 Olguín | 15 Passarella | 16 Pumpido | 17 Santamaría | 18 Tarantini | 19 Trossero | 20 Valdano | 21 Valencia | 22 Van Tuyne | Coach: Menotti |
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