Isidro Díaz
Personal information
Full name Isidro Díaz Bernabé
Date of birth (1972-05-15) 15 May 1972
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Torrent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Teruel 32 (14)
1992–1994 Zaragoza B 62 (17)
1994–1995 Balaguer
1995–1997 Wigan Athletic 73 (16)
1997 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (0)
1997–1998 Wigan Athletic 3 (0)
1998–1999 Rochdale 14 (2)
1999 Cartagonova 15 (0)
1999–2000 Leça 29 (1)
2000–2006 Chaves 155 (22)
2006–2008 Barakaldo 47 (5)
2009–2010 Laredo
2011–2012 Castro ? (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Isidro Díaz Bernabé (born 15 May 1972) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder.

Club career

Born in Valencia, Díaz spent his first years as a senior in the Tercera División, with the exception of the 1992–93 season, which ended in relegation from Segunda División B with Real Zaragoza's reserves.[1] In the summer of 1995, he was part of a group of players dubbed "The Three Amigos" – which also included his compatriots Roberto Martínez and Jesús Seba – who were brought to Wigan Athletic by club chairman Dave Whelan;[2] he helped the team win the Third Division title two years later, with the player contributing six goals in 35 matches.[3]

Unable to agree a new deal, Díaz left the club by mutual consent in July 1997[4] and signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played one game for the latter, a 3–0 away defeat against Oxford United,[5] before returning to Springfield Park later that year; his second spell with Wigan was not as successful, appearing just three times in the league before moving to Rochdale at the end of the season.[1] Midway through 1998–99, he returned to his home country and joined FC Cartagena.

Díaz spent the following seven years in Portugal and its Segunda Liga, appearing and scoring regularly for both Leça FC (one season) and G.D. Chaves (six, where former Zaragoza and Wigan teammate Seba had already played).[6][7] Aged 34, he returned to Spain and spent two years with Barakaldo CF in the third tier, after which he joined their coaching staff[8] only to return to active shortly after for a brief spell with the reserve side.[9]

Díaz finally retired from football at the age of 40, after playing one and a half seasons with CD Laredo in division four and one with Castro FC in the same league.

References

  1. 1 2 Marzo, Daniel (3 March 2020). "Roberto Martínez y la leyenda de los 'Three amigos'" [Roberto Martínez and the legend of the 'Three amigos'] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Wigan finally land boss Martinez". BBC Sport. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Kilpatrick, James (30 April 2015). "Wigan Athletic's rise to the Premier League and return to League One". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Football". The Independent. 17 July 1997. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Oxford United 3 Wolves 0". Sporting Life. 1997. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  6. ↑ Paralta Gomes, Lídia (10 July 2018). "Roberto Martínez, o discípulo de Confúcio: a história do espanhol forjado em Inglaterra que pode levar a Bélgica ao título mundial" [Roberto Martínez, Confucius' disciple: the story of the Spaniard forged in England who may lead Belgium to the world title]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "A Armada Espanhola do Chaves" [Chaves' Spanish Armada] (in Portuguese). Comunidade Azul-Grená. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  8. ↑ Alonso, Txemi (15 July 2008). "Isidro Díaz deja el fútbol en activo y se incorpora al cuadro técnico del Barakaldo" [Isidro Díaz quits active football and joins Barakaldo's coaching staff]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Alonso, Txemi (11 December 2008). "El secretario técnico reforzará la delantera del filial del Barakaldo" [Technical secretary will bolster Barakaldo reserves' forward line]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2021.
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