Octavio Juan Díaz (7 October 1900 – 12 November 1977) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

goalkeeper who played for the

Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and S ...

. Díaz played club football for Rosario Central, where he won a few local titles and a national cup in 1920. He represented Argentina on 9 occasions between 1926 and 1928. He was a member of the Argentine team, which won the

1927 South American Championship The eleventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Lima, Peru from 30 October to 27 November 1927. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Uruguay. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament. ...

and the silver medal in the 1928 Olympic football tournament.

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1900 births 1973 deaths Argentine men's footballers Club Atlético Atlanta footballers Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Argentina Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Argentina men's international footballers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Men's association football goalkeepers {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub