Ayoze Díaz Díaz (born 25 May 1982), known simply as Ayoze, is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a left-back.

Club career

Tenerife and Racing

Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna,

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, and come 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

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, he joined

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club

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

, where he was relatively used as a defender or

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in his first three years (with a loan to soon-to-be-extinct

Ciudad de Murcia Club de Fútbol Ciudad de Murcia, usually abbreviated to Ciudad de Murcia, was a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the namesake autonomous community. They played at the 16,000-seater ''Estadio de La Condomina''. Ciudad Murcia was reloca ...

in between). During the 2007–08 campaign, as the Cantabria side achieved a first-ever qualification for the

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, Ayoze became the starter, relegating historical and veteran Luis Fernández to the bench.

Mallorca

Ayoze signed a three-year contract with

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

in July 2008, replacing

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-bound

Fernando Navarro Fernando Navarro may refer to: * Fernando Navarro (Spanish footballer) Fernando Navarro Corbacho (; born 25 June 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he could also play as a central defender. He spent most of ...

. In his

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he initially backed up another newly-signed,

Enrique Corrales Enrique Corrales Martín (born 1 March 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back. Club career Corrales was born in Seville, Andalusia. A product of Real Madrid's youth system, he played for the reserve side as a senior ...

, 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, appearing in 33 matches. Before retiring in 2014 at age 32, Ayoze represented Deportivo de La Coruña and Tenerife. He won the second tier with the former in 2011–12,El apoyo de una afición de Primera (The support of top-class faithful)
La Opinión A Coruña, 28 May 2012 (in Spanish) contributing 27 games to the feat.El Deportivo y Ayoze llegan a un acuerdo para rescindir el contrato (Deportivo and Ayoze reach an agreement to terminate contract)
La Información, 3 September 2013 (in Spanish)

Honours

Deportivo *

: 2011–12

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Ayoze 1982 births Living people People from San Cristóbal de La Laguna Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Men's association football fullbacks 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