Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait (born March 23, 1999) is a Puerto Rican professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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of USL Championship and the Puerto Rico national team.

Career

Díaz began playing in Puerto Rico at local club Caguas Bairoa. He later spent time in

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and

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. He played on his first college year at

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before returning to Puerto Rico in 2019 to play for

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International career

Gerald was called up in 2016, for the Puerto Rico under-20 national team, for the first round of World Cup qualifiers. He made his debut with the senior Puerto Rico national team in July 2017, in a friendly match against

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. In 2018 he was called up once again for the U20 under head coach

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for the

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where he scored a goal. In July 2019, he played for the Puerto Rico national under-23 football team for the

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qualification where he scored one goal. He scored his first international goal on October 15, 2019 on a 2-3 victory over

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. On June 18, 2023 he scored the winning penalty in a shoot-out against

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in the

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match, taking

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to their highest achievement in the competition's history to date.

Career statistics

Club

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International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.''

References

1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Caguas, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican men's footballers Puerto Rican expatriate men's footballers Puerto Rico men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Tercera División players Levante UD footballers Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Universidad del Sagrado Corazón alumni 21st-century American sportsmen Miami FC players {{PuertoRico-footy-bio-stub