Neftalí Díaz
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Neftalí Díaz Cajar | ||
Date of birth | December 15, 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989-1999 | Euro Kickers | ||
Bella Vista | |||
Basáñez | |||
1997 | FAS | ||
2000 | Primavera de Veraguas | ||
2000-2001 | Atlético Nacional | ||
2001 | San Francisco | ||
2002 | Atlético Veragüense | (4) | |
2002-2004 | San Francisco | ||
2005-2007 | Alianza | ||
2008 | Atlético Veragüense | ||
International career‡ | |||
1992-2005 | Panama | 44 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2015 |
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Neftalí Díaz Cajar (born 15 December 1971 in Panama City[1]) is a retired Panamanian football forward.
Club career
Díaz started his career at Euro Kickers, where he formed a lethal strike duo with José "Chepe" Ardines.[2] In January 1997 he moved abroad to play for Salvadoran side FAS.[3] He also had spells in Uruguay with Bella Vista and Basáñez. Nicknamed Poeta de la Zurda,[1] Díaz returned to San Francisco in summer 2002 after scoring 4 goals in a season at Atlético Veragüense.[4]
He returned to Veragüense in February 2008.[5]
International career
Díaz made his debut for Panama in a June 1992 friendly match against Honduras and has earned a total of 44 caps, scoring 7 goals.[6] He represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[7] and played at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]
His final international was a May 2005 friendly match against Venezuela.
Managerial career
In September 2012, he was appointed assistant to new manager José Anthony Torres at Sporting San Miguelito.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 El Poeta de la Zurda - Somos Lasele (Spanish)
- ↑ "Vikingos" buscan recuperar liderato hoy ente el Tauro - Crítica (Spanish)
- ↑ Equipo FAS contrata servicios de delantero panameño - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ Neftalí Díaz regresa al San Francisco de La Chorrera - La Prensa (Spanish)
- ↑ Neftalí Díaz estará hoy con el Veragüense - La Prensa (Spanish)
- ↑ Appearances for Panama National Team - RSSSF
- ↑ Neftalí Díaz – FIFA competition record
- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ↑ Chalate y Neftalí al rescate - La Prensa (Spanish)
External links
- Neftalí Díaz at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Panama City
- Association football forwards
- Panamanian footballers
- Panama international footballers
- 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- C.D. FAS footballers
- C.A. Bella Vista players
- San Francisco F.C. footballers
- Atlético Veragüense players
- Alianza Panama players
- Panamanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in El Salvador
- Expatriate footballers in Uruguay