Emiliano Díaz
Emiliano Ramon Diaz (born 22 June 1982) is an Italian-born retired footballer. He worked with his father, Ramón Díaz, at Al-Hilal FC between 2016 and 2018, when the coaching team was sacked because of unsatisfactory performances. He holds Argentine citizenship.

Career
Díaz was born in Naples, the Italian city where his father, the former footballer and Argentine coach Ramón Díaz, was playing (with S.S.C. Napoli). He played in the lower division of Monaco and Yokohama. He played in the first team of Avellino in Italy in 2001 but never made his debut.

In 2002 when his father was the coach he made his debut for River Plate during a game against Rosario Central on May 19, 2002, as a substitute for Eduardo Coudet. He was transferred to Talleres de Cordoba where he almost did not play. In 2004, he moved to Deportivo Colonia in Uruguay. In 2005, he played seven times for the English club Oxford United in Football League Two, after his father was appointed manager. He came back to Argentina to play for Defensa y Justicia and Platense.
In 2007, he transferred to San Lorenzo de Almagro.

Between 2009 and 2010 he played for All Boys, before retiring at the age of 28.

References

External links
 Emiliano Diaz Interview
 En Una Baldosa Profile 
 
 

Living people
Footballers from Naples
Italian sportspeople of Argentine descent
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine Primera División players
1983 births
Men's association football midfielders
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas managers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Expatriate football managers in Brazil
All Boys footballers
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Oxford United F.C. players
US Avellino 1912 players
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Club Atlético Platense footballers
Defensa y Justicia footballers
Deportivo Colonia players
English Football League players