Julio Díaz (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Julio Díaz

Personal information
Full name	Julio Díaz Sánchez
Date of birth	(1948-04-16) 16 April 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Cesuras, Spain
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1970	Compostela
1972–1976	Ceuta
1976–1977	Díter Zafra
1977–1979	Compostela
Managerial career
	Atlético Ribeira
1985–1987	Lalín
1987–1988	Bergantiños
1988–1989	Lugo
1990–1992	Lugo
1995–1997	Pontevedra
2000–2001	Lugo
2001–2002	Lugo
2007–2008	Negreira
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julio Díaz Sánchez (born 16 April 1948) is a Spanish football coach and former player.

Managerial career

Díaz was born in Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia, and played for SD Compostela, AD Ceuta and CD Díter Zafra. As a manager, he achieved an incredible run in the 1987–88 Copa del Rey with Bergantiños FC, only being knocked out by Rayo Vallecano.^[1]

In 1988 Díaz was appointed CD Lugo manager. He was sacked the following year, but eventually returned to the club in 1990.

In 2000, after a stint at Pontevedra CF, Díaz returned to the Albivermellos, and despite leaving the club at the end of the campaign, was again appointed on 19 September 2001.^[2] He was sacked in December 2002, and ended his spell at the club with 214 matches in charge, behind only Quique Setién.^[3]

On 14 March 2007, Díaz was named SD Negreira manager.^[4] Roughly one year later, he was dismissed.^[5]

References

1. La Voz del Deporte. Entrevista a Julio Díaz (La Voz del Deporte. Interview with Julio Díaz); La Voz del Deporte, 25 November 2013 (in Spanish)
2. El Lugo cesa a Basadre y reincorpora a Julio Díaz (Lugo sacks Basadre and resigns Julio Díaz); La Voz de Galicia, 19 September 2001 (in Spanish)
3. Setién iguala a Julio Díaz como el técnico con más partidos con Lugo en Liga (Setién equals Julio Díaz as the manager with most league matches for Lugo); ABC, 7 December 2014 (in Spanish)
4. Julio Díaz faise cargo da dirección do Negreira (Julio Díaz takes over Negreira's squad); Galicia Hoxe, 14 March 2007 (in Galician)
5. Julián toma el relevo a Julio Díaz (Julián takes over Julio Díaz) Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine; El Correo Gallego, 25 March 2008 (in Spanish)

External links

• Julio Díaz at BDFutbol
• Julio Díaz manager profile at BDFutbol