Rubén Toribio Díaz

Personal information
Rubén Toribio Díaz
Full name	Ruben Toribio Díaz Rivas
Date of birth	April 17, 1952 (1952-04-17) (age 56)
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-? 1975-1983 ?	Deportivo Municipal Sporting Cristal Universitario de Deportes
National team
1972-1985	Peru	89 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Rubén Toribio Díaz Rivas (born 17 April 1952 in Lima) is a retired professional footballer from Peru. He competed for the Peru national football team at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cup. He was part of the Peru team that won the Copa América in 1975.^[1] He made a total of 89 appearances for Peru, making him the 5th most capped player for the Peru team (as of April 2008).^[2]

Díaz played for Deportivo Municipal, Universitario de Deportes and Sporting Cristal in Peru. During his time with Sporting Cristal he was part of three league championship winning campaigns (1979, 1989 & 1983).

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v • d • e Peru squad - 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Sartor • 2 Duarte • 3 Manzo • 4 Chumpitaz • 5 Díaz • 6 Velásquez • 7 Muñante • 8 Cueto • 9 P. Rojas • 10 Cubillas • 11 Oblitas • 12 Mosquera • 13 Cáceres • 14 Navarro • 15 Leguía • 16 Gorriti • 17 Quesada • 18 Labarthe • 19 La Rosa • 20 Sotil • 21 Quiroga • 22 R. Rojas • Coach: Calderón

v • d • e Peru squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Acasuzo • 2 Duarte • 3 Salguero • 4 Gastulo • 5 Leguía • 6 Velásquez • 7 Barbadillo • 8 Cueto • 9 Uribe • 10 Cubillas • 11 Oblitas • 12 González • 13 Arizaga • 14 Gutiérrez • 15 Díaz • 16 Olaechea • 17 Navarro • 18 Malásquez • 19 La Rosa • 20 Rojas • 21 Quiroga • 22 Reyna • Coach: Tim

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