Pedro Díaz (footballer, born 1977)

Pedro Díaz Muñoz (born 18 June 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a winger, and currently is a manager.

Pedro Díaz
Personal information
Full name Pedro Díaz Muñoz
Date of birth (1977-06-18) 18 June 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
–1996 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2003 Talavera CF 95 (15)
1999–2000Torpedo 66 (loan)
2003 Novelda 17 (1)
2003–2006 Talavera CF 110 (8)
2006–2009 Linares 106 (22)
2009–2010 Ceuta 15 (1)
2010–2012 Puertollano 66 (6)
2012–2017 Talavera 65 (3)
Total 474 (56)
Managerial career
2017–2021 Talavera (youth)
2021–2022 Talavera B
2022–2024 Talavera
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

edit

Born in Talavera de la Reina, Castilla–La Mancha, Díaz was a youth graduate of Atlético Madrid, before making his senior debut with hometown side Talavera CF in 1996. After failing to make a breakthrough in the starting XI, he was loaned to Tercera División side AD Torpedo 66 in the 1999–2000 season.[1]

Upon returning, Díaz started to feature regularly with Talavera before leaving for fellow third division side Novelda CF in January 2003. He returned to Talavera in July, before signing for CD Linares of the same category in 2006.

Díaz scored a career-best 15 goals overall in the 2006–07 season, as Linares missed out promotion in the play-offs. On 22 July 2009, he moved to AD Ceuta also in division three.[2] He moved to CD Puertollano in the same category in the following year, before returning to his hometown on 20 July 2012, after signing for CF Talavera de la Reina.[3]

In 2017, after another promotion with Talavera, Díaz retired at the age of 40.[4]

Managerial career

edit

Immediately after retiring, Díaz became manager of the youth sides of his last club Talavera.[4] On 6 June 2021, he was named manager of their B-team in the Primera Autonómica Preferente.[5]

On 25 October 2022, after leading Talavera B to a first-ever promotion to Tercera Federación the previous campaign, Díaz was named in charge of the first team in Primera Federación, following the sacking of Rubén Gala.[6] Despite suffering relegation, he renewed his contract in May 2023,[7] but was dismissed on 8 April 2024.[8]

Managerial statistics

edit
As of 7 April 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Talavera B   6 June 2021 25 October 2022 41 24 8 9 88 36 +52 058.54 [9]
Talavera   25 October 2022 8 April 2024 65 22 19 24 66 73 −7 033.85 [10]
Total 106 46 27 33 154 109 +45 043.40

References

edit
  1. ^ "Entrevista SUPERESPECIAL a Pedro Díaz, entrenador del CF Talavera" [SUPER SPECIAL interview to Pedro Díaz, CF Talavera manager]. Deportes Más Allá de lo Oficial (in Spanish). Ivoox. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "El extremo Pedro Díaz procedente del Linares, octavo fichaje de la A.D. Ceuta" [Winger Pedro Díaz from Linares, eighth signing of A.D. Ceuta] (in Spanish). Ceuta al Día. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Pedro Díaz, nuevo refuerzo para al CF Talavera" [Pedro Díaz, new addition for CF Talavera] (in Spanish). ABC. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "El CF Talavera deja KO al CD Toledo" [CF Talavera leave Toledo knocked out] (in Spanish). Ahora CLM. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Pedro Díaz será el nuevo entrenador del CF Talavera B" [Pedro Díaz will be the new manager of CF Talavera B] (in Spanish). La Voz del Tajo. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Pedro Díaz Muñoz, nuevo entrenador del CF Talavera" [Pedro Díaz Muñoz, new manager of CF Talavera] (in Spanish). La Voz del Tajo. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  7. ^ "El CF Talavera confirma la renovación de Pedro Díaz" [CF Talavera confirm the renewal of Pedro Díaz] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Toledo. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  8. ^ "El CF Talavera y Pedro Díaz separan sus caminos" [CF Talavera and Pedro Díaz split ways] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Talavera de la Reina B" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
    "Talavera de la Reina B" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Matches Pedro Díaz, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
    "Matches Pedro Díaz, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
edit