Ramon Diaz
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ramón Ángel Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | La Rioja, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al-Hilal (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1981 | River Plate | 123 | (57) |
| 1982–1983 | Napoli | 25 | (3) |
| 1983–1986 | Avellino | 78 | (22) |
| 1986–1988 | Fiorentina | 53 | (17) |
| 1988–1989 | Internazionale | 33 | (12) |
| 1989–1991 | Monaco | 60 | (24) |
| 1991–1993 | River Plate | 52 | (27) |
| 1993–1995 | Yokohama Marinos | 75 | (52) |
| Total | 499 | (215) | |
| National team | |||
| 1979 | Argentina U20 | 6 | (8) |
| 1979–1982 | Argentina | 22 | (10) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–2000 | River Plate | ||
| 2001–2002 | River Plate | ||
| 2004–2005 | Oxford United | ||
| 2007–2008 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 2008–2009 | América | ||
| 2010–2011 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 2011–2012 | Independiente | ||
| 2012–2014 | River Plate | ||
| 2014–2016 | Paraguay | ||
| 2016– | Al-Hilal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ramón Ángel Díaz (born 29 August 1959) is a former Argentine footballer and manager. He played for River Plate as a striker, and coached it for three tenures, winning eight titles. He is also known by the nickname of El Pelado ("Baldy"). He currently manages Al-Hilal in the Saudi Professional League.
Díaz was born in the city of La Rioja in the province of the same name. He played as a forward and starred in River Plate's youth system under Norberto "El Pacha" Yacono. His opening game in the Argentine First Division was on 13 August 1978, a game where River Plate beat Colón de Santa Fe by 1–0. He scored his first goal on 30 August of that year, playing against Quilmes Atlético Club. Diaz went on to feature for clubs such as River Plate, Inter Milan, Yokohama Marinos and as well Monaco under the helm of that of Arsene Wenger.
Diaz won the World Youth Cup in 1979 with the Argentina under-20 team alongside Diego Maradona winning the golden boot of the cup. He then went on to play in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and scored against Brazil in Argentina's 3–1 defeat. It had been rumoured that he and Maradona were involved in a feud which prevented Diaz from playing for Argentina in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups. However, this was denied by Maradona in his autobiography "El Diego", claiming that he had told the then-Argentina manager, Carlos Bilardo, that he wanted Diaz in both the 1986 and 1990 World Cup squads.
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