Ayoze Díaz
![]() Ayoze (far right) playing for Mallorca in 2010 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ayoze Díaz Díaz | ||
Date of birth | 25 May 1982 | ||
Place of birth | La Laguna, Spain | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
Tenerife | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2002 | Tenerife B | 38 | (2) |
2000–2003 | Tenerife | 39 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Lanzarote (loan) | 18 | (2) |
2003–2008 | Racing Santander | 98 | (3) |
2006–2007 | → Ciudad Murcia (loan) | 34 | (1) |
2008–2011 | Mallorca | 67 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Deportivo La Coruña | 41 | (0) |
2014 | Tenerife | 13 | (0) |
Total | 348 | (8) | |
Teams managed | |||
2015–2017 | Granadilla (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ayoze Díaz Díaz (born 25 May 1982), known simply as Ayoze, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left back.
Club career
Tenerife and Racing
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Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands, and brought through the ranks of local CD Tenerife, Ayoze made his debut with the first team in 1999–2000. In the summer of 2003, after just one full season in the second division, he joined La Liga club Racing de Santander, where he was relatively used as a defender or midfielder in his first three years (with a loan to soon-to-be-extinct Ciudad de Murcia in between).
During the 2007–08 campaign, as the Cantabria side achieved a first-ever qualification to the UEFA Cup, Ayoze became first choice, relegating historical and veteran Luis Fernández to the bench.[1]
Mallorca
Ayoze signed a three-year contract with RCD Mallorca in July 2008, replacing Sevilla FC-bound Fernando Navarro.[2] During his first year he started as backup to another newly signed, Enrique Corrales, but finished in the starting XI.
In the 2009–10 season, as Mallorca finished in fifth position and qualified for the Europa League, Ayoze completely won the battle for first-choice status over Corrales,[3][4] appearing in 33 matches.
References
- ^ El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0) (Racing reach UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)); 20 minutos, 18 May 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Mallorca fichó ayer a Ayoze por tres temporadas (Mallorca signed Ayoze yesterday for three seasons); Diario AS, 5 July 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Corrales: "Estoy esperando mi oportunidad" (Corrales: "I'm waiting for my chance"); Marca, 8 October 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Corrales avisa de que en casa "no se puede fallar" (Corrales warns that "one has got to get the job done" at home); Mallorca Confidencial, 4 March 2010 (in Spanish)
External links
- Ayoze Díaz at BDFutbol
- Ayoze Díaz at Soccerway
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from San Cristóbal de La Laguna
- Sportspeople from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from the Canary Islands
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CD Tenerife B players
- CD Tenerife players
- Racing de Santander players
- Ciudad de Murcia footballers
- RCD Mallorca players
- Deportivo de La Coruña players