Sergio Alejandro Díaz (born 9 February 1985) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Díaz was born in Turón, Asturias. After starting out at local Real Oviedo, making his senior debut aged 17 in the Segunda División in a relegation-ending season, he finished his football development at Real Madrid, having joined in 2003. Over two seasons in the second division – of the five in total he spent with the team– Díaz made a further seven league appearances with the reserves. He was also called up to the first team for a

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match against FC Dynamo Kyiv in December 2006 ( the group stage's last), but remained an unused substitute; he earned another call that month, in

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against

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, although he ultimately was cut from the final squad of 18. For the 2008–09 campaign, Díaz signed with Hércules CF, who was coached by his former Castilla manager

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. He appeared very rarely for the fourth-placed team in division two, following a severe injury contracted in preseason. Díaz moved to

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

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, agreeing to a three-year deal with the second tier side. On 29 July 2011, however, he terminated his contract with the

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, and returned to old club Hércules the same day.Sergio Díaz deja el Nàstic y regresa al Hércules (Sergio Díaz leaves Nàstic and returns to Hércules)

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, 29 July 2011 (in Spanish)

Honours

Spain U17 * Meridian Cup: 2003

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Sergio 1985 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Mieres, Asturias Association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Oviedo Vetusta players Real Oviedo players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Real Madrid CF players Hércules CF players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Real Avilés CF footballers Spain youth international footballers