Juan Manuel Díaz Martínez (born 28 October 1987) is an

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an former footballer.

Career

Díaz was signed by Estudiantes de La Plata in January 2008. He made his debut 2–1 win over against Banfield on February 8, 2008. He scored his first Estudiantes goal against Rosario Central on 25 April 2008. He was sent off against LDU Quito on April 29, 2008. During the 2008–09 season, Díaz was part of the Estudiantes squad that experienced finishing as runners up in Copa Sudamericana

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and then went on to win

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. In January 2010,

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signed the Uruguayan wingback from Estudiantes. In July 2010, Nacional made public his interest on the left wingback. On 8 July 2016, Diaz signed a two-year contract with

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club AEK Athens for an undisclosed fee. He was released by mutual consent in March 2017.AEK release Juan Manuel Diaz
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International career

Díaz also capped for Uruguay U20 at 2007 South American Youth Championship and 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. On July 27, 2010 he was reserved to play a friendly match with Uruguay first team against

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Honours

Estudiantes de La Plata *

References

External links

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Juan Manuel Díaz profile and statistics
at soccernet 1987 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers AEK Athens F.C. players Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Men's association football forwards Uruguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Footballers from Montevideo Copa Libertadores–winning players 21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina {{Uruguay-footy-forward-1980s-stub