Leandro Díaz (footballer, born 1986)

Leandro Díaz
Personal information
Full name Leandro Javier Díaz Borzani
Date of birth (1986-06-26) June 26, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Independiente (assistant)
Youth career
2004–2005 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Boca Juniors 1 (0)
2005Ciudad de Murcia 0 (0)
2006–2007Villarreal 0 (0)
2007–2010 Huracán 77 (4)
2010–2011 Universidad Católica 5 (0)
2011–2014 Quilmes 79 (3)
2014–2015 Once Caldas 2 (0)
2016–2017 Huracán 2 (0)
2018–2019 Tristán Suárez 2 (0)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Colón (assistant)
2022– Independiente (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leandro Javier Díaz Borzani (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈandɾo xaˈβjeɾ ˈðiaθ], born 26 June 1986) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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Díaz played for the youth teams of Boca Juniors from 2004 and in 2005 he spent time in Spain with Ciudad de Murcia and Villarreal. He returned to Boca Juniors in 2006.

In 2007, he joined Huracán on a one-year loan. At the beginning of the 2008–09 season his loan was renewed. On October 5, 2008, he scored a bicycle kick to give Huracán a victory over Independiente.[1]

Coaching career

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In March 2020, Díaz was appointed assistant coach of newly appointed Colón manager Eduardo Domínguez.[2] Domínguez and his staff, including Díaz, left Colón at the end of 2021. In January 2022, he once again became the assistant of Eduardo Domínguez, this time at Independiente.[3]

Honours

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Club

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Boca Juniors
Universidad Católica

References

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  1. ^ Díaz de gloria at Diario Olé (in Spanish)
  2. ^ ¿Cómo será el nuevo cuerpo técnico de Domínguez?, soydeportes.com.ar, 10 March 2022
  3. ^ EL REY DE COPAS ESTÁ EN MARCHA, clubaindependiente.com.ar, January 2022
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