Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Paulo César Díaz Huincales | ||||||||||
Date of birth | 25 August 1994 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Santa Cruz, Chile | ||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back, full-back | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | River Plate | ||||||||||
Number | 17 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
2003–2006 | Cobreloa[2] | ||||||||||
2008–2009 | Audax Italiano[2] | ||||||||||
2010–2013 | Palestino[2] | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2013–2015 | Palestino | 50 | (6) | ||||||||
2015 | Colo-Colo | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
2016–2018 | San Lorenzo | 47 | (5) | ||||||||
2018–2019 | Al-Ahli | 24 | (0) | ||||||||
2019– | River Plate | 125 | (7) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2015– | Chile | 48 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:57, 9 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:06, 19 November 2024 (UTC) |
Paulo César Díaz Huincales (Latin American Spanish: [ˈpawlo ˈði.as];[a] born 25 August 1994), known as Paulo Díaz, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine Primera División club River Plate and the Chile national team.[3]
International career
He got his first call up to the senior Chile squad for a friendly against the United States in January 2015 and made his international debut in the match.[4]
Personal life
He is the son of former defender Ítalo Díaz,[5] who played for the Chile national team in 2001. His younger brother, Nicolás, is a Chilean international footballer too.[6]
Díaz Huincales is of Mapuche descent.[7]
Díaz naturalized Argentine by residence in 2024.[8]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 19 November 2024
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Chile | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 8 | 0 | |
2018 | 7 | 0 | |
2019 | 7 | 0 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 0 | |
2022 | 8 | 0 | |
2023 | 5 | 1 | |
2024 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 49 | 1 |
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 27 March 2023 | Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile | Paraguay | 2–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
Honours
- Colo-Colo
- River Plate
- Copa Argentina: 2018-19
- Supercopa Argentina: 2019, 2023
- Argentine Primera División: 2021, 2023
- Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional: 2021, 2023
Notes
References
- ^ "Paulo Díaz" (in Spanish). Club Atlético River Plate. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Paulo Díaz Huincales". talentodeportivo.cl. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Chile - P. Díaz - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli names home-based squad for USA friendly". ca2015.com. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "El 11 revelación de jugadores chilenos en el Apertura". pelotudos.cl. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "El hito que lograron los hermanos Díaz en el Chile - Uruguay". chile.as.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Roggero, José (11 August 2021). "Futbolistas weichafes". El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ González, Christian (18 July 2024). ""Jura a la bandera este jueves": Paulo Díaz obtiene la nacionalidad argentina para ayudar a River Plate". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
External links
- Díaz at Football-Lineups
- Paulo Díaz at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)
- Paulo Díaz at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Mapuche sportspeople
- Chilean people of Mapuche descent
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Indigenous sportspeople of the Americas
- Men's association football central defenders
- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Al-Ahli Saudi FC players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Saudi Pro League players
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Chile men's international footballers
- 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2019 Copa América players
- 2024 Copa América players
- Naturalized citizens of Argentina
- Chilean football defender stubs