Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mínor Díaz Araya | ||
Date of birth | 26 December 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Acoyapa de Nicoya, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Belén | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | Santa Bárbara | ||
1999–2000 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | (0) |
2000–2005 | Herediano | 86 | (46) |
2005–2006 | Alajuelense | 32 | (11) |
2006–2008 | Cartaginés | 47 | (16) |
2008–2010 | Liberia Mia | 48 | (6) |
2010–2011 | UCR | 31 | (19) |
2011 | Alajuelense | 9 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Herediano | 52 | (14) |
2014– | Belén | ||
National team‡ | |||
2001–2005 | Costa Rica | 6 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 16, 2008. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 16, 2008 |
Mínor Díaz Araya (born 26 December 1980 in Acoyapa) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who currently plays for Belén in the Costa Rican Primera Division.
Díaz had a brief spell with Karlsruher SC in the German 2. Fußball-Bundesliga during the 1999-00 season, appearing in six matches. He then had a lengthy spell at Herediano where he became the league's top goalscorer in 2000/01 and played for Alajuelense and Cartaginés. In May 2008 he moved to Liberia Mia, he then sued his club which was renamed Águilas Guanacastecas for owing him 4 months' wages and in summer 2010 joined UCR.
In January 2012 he returned to Herediano, winning two league titles, and in summer 2014 joined Belén.
Díaz played for Costa Rica at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup finals in Egypt and at the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Nigeria.
Díaz has made 6 appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in a friendly against Venezuela on April 18, 2001. He appeared in four matches as Costa Rica finished second at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2001 tournament.