José Díaz Pablo (born 18 March 1945) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and is a former

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Playing career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Díaz Pablo first arrived in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

in 1967 with

CF Badalona Club de Fútbol Badalona () is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in , temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with a capacity of 4,170 seats. Ba ...

. He made his professional debut on 12 November 1967, starting in a 1–1 home draw against

CE Europa Club Esportiu Europa () is a Catalan football team based in the city of Barcelona, with close links to the Vila de Gràcia, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1907, its first men's team plays in the , the fourth category ...

. In the 1968 summer Díaz Pablo moved to

Onteniente CF Ontinyent Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Ontinyent, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it held home games at ''Estadio El Clariano'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. On 28 March 2019, due to economic pr ...

, also in the second division. He scored his first professional goal on 29 September, but in a 1–2 away loss against

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

. Díaz Pablo subsequently represented

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

, and retired with the club.Historia (History)
; Alcorcón's official website. Retrieved on 19 March 2015

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring Díaz Pablo started working as a manager, coaching his former club Alcorcón's youth setup. He was promoted to the main squad in 1982, and was also in charge of the club for a further two spells,Entrenadores (Managers)
; AD Alcorcón. Retrieved on 19 March 2015 aside from spells at neighbouring sides

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

and

Talavera CF Talavera Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Talavera de la Reina, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1948, it played its last season in Tercera División - Group 18, holding home matches at ''Estadio ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz Pablo, Jose 1945 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Tercera División players CF Badalona players Ontinyent CF players RSD Alcalá players Getafe Deportivo players AD Alcorcón footballers Spanish football managers AD Alcorcón managers CD Leganés managers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen