Rafael Diaz
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| Rafael Diaz | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Santiago Diaz-Alonso | |
| Date of birth | March 11, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Newcastle, Australia | |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 |
South Cardiff Gunners Celta de Vigo B CD Ourense |
21(4) 64(18) 28(9) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Born Rafael Santiago Diaz-Alonso on March 11, 1986 in Newcastle, Australia to Spanish Migrants. He is a Semi-Professional footballer (soccer player) now living in Seattle, Washington with his new wife Zoey Diaz (Haight) of Bainbridge Island, Washington
[edit] Club career
He started his semi-professional career playing soccer in the NBN State Football League for the South Cardiff Gunners as a 16 and a 17 year old in New South Wales, Australia. After playing a disrupted year in 2003 due to suspensions he decided to leave Australia for better fortunes overseas where he landed first in Oregon, United States where he spent the summer. Later leaving for his native Spain and Galicia he won a spot in the youth ranks of Celta Vigo. In their B team he played a vital role for his side making them a very competitive team in the Spanish Tercera División (Fourth Division), after two successful seasons with Celta de Vigo B without a promotion to the first team he accepted a contract with CD Ourense of the Spanish Segunda División B (Third Division) where he played his first and only season as a professional footballer. He excelled at the club becoming the second top goalscorerer for the season and an outstanding young prospect but he left with mutual consent to move back to the United States to get married to Zoey and begin his new life in Seattle, Washington.
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