David Diach

David Diach
Personal information
Full nameDavid Angelo Diach Madrigal
Date of birth7 June 1974
Place of birthCosta Rica
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionstriker
Club information
Current team
Halcones
Youth career
Saprissa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995Vecinos
1996-1998Carmelita
1999Alajuelense
1999Trikala14(4)
2000Paniliakos14(3)
2001Roma Paraná
2002Ceará
20022003Guanacasteca
2003Herediano
2004Nanjing Yoyo
2004Brujas14(4)
20052006Cartaginés21(4)
2006Luis Ángel Firpo(14)
2007Herediano11(2)
20072008Carmelita40(13)
2009ASODELI
2009Chimaltenango
2010-2011Limón29(0)
2011Barrio Mexico
2012Paraíso Total
2012-2013Juventud Escazuceña(20)
2013Barrio Mexico
2014Halcones18(1)
National team
19972007Costa Rica6(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2009.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2012
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Diach and the second or maternal family name is Madrigal.

David Angelo Diach Madrigal (born 7 June 1974) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who currently plays for Guatemalan side Halcones.

Club career

Diach made his debut on 5 August 1995 for Costa Rican Second Division Vecinos[1] and has played for several clubs in Costa Rica. He had spells with Trikala and Paniliakos in the Greek Super League during the 1999-00 season,[2] played in the second divisions in Brazil and China[3] and for Brujas and Cartaginés whom he joined in January 2005.[4]

He also had a brief spell with Luis Ángel Firpo in El Salvador where he scored 14 goals[5] and with Antigua GFC in Guatemala.

He returned to Costa Rica, to play for Herediano[5] until he joined Carmelita in June 2007. He joined América de Chimaltenango in Guatemala for the 20092010 season, but he returned to Costa Rica to play for Limón in January 2010.[6]

In August 2013 he returned to Barrio Mexico after scoring 20 goals for fellow second division outfit Juventud Escazuceña in the 2012/13 season.[7] In January 2014 Diach returned to Guatemala to play for Halcones.[8]

International career

Diach has made six appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in a qualifying match for the 1998 FIFA World Cup against Canada on November 16, 1997[9] which proved to be his sole FIFA competition match.[10]

His final international was an October 2007 friendly match against Haiti.

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