Ayoze Díaz

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

Ayoze Díaz Díaz (born 25 May 1982), known simply as Ayoze, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Ayoze

Ayoze (far right) playing for Mallorca in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Ayoze Díaz Díaz
Date of birth	(1982-05-25) 25 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	La Laguna, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Tenerife
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Tenerife B	38	(2)
2000–2003	Tenerife	39	(0)
2001–2002	→ Lanzarote (loan)	18	(2)
2003–2008	Racing Santander	98	(3)
2006–2007	→ Ciudad Murcia (loan)	34	(1)
2008–2011	Mallorca	67	(0)
2011–2013	Deportivo La Coruña	41	(0)
2014	Tenerife	13	(0)
Total		348	(8)
Managerial career
2015–2017	Granadilla (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Tenerife and Racing

Ayoze in action for Mallorca against Real Madrid

Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands, and come through the ranks of local CD Tenerife, Ayoze made his debut with the first team in 1999–2000. In the summer of 2003, after just one full season in the Segunda División, he joined La Liga club Racing de Santander, where he was relatively used as a defender or midfielder in his first three years (with a loan to soon-to-be-extinct Ciudad de Murcia in between).^[1]

During the 2007–08 campaign, as the Cantabria side achieved a first-ever qualification for the UEFA Cup, Ayoze became the starter, relegating historical and veteran Luis Fernández to the bench.^[2][3][4]

Mallorca

Ayoze signed a three-year contract with RCD Mallorca in July 2008, replacing Sevilla FC-bound Fernando Navarro.^[5] In his first year he initially backed up another newly-signed, Enrique Corrales, but finished in the starting XI.

In the 2009–10 season, as Mallorca finished in fifth position and qualified for the Europa League, Ayoze completely won the battle for first-choice status over Corrales,^[6][7] appearing in 33 matches.

Before retiring in 2014 at age 32, Ayoze represented Deportivo de La Coruña^[8] and Tenerife.^[9] He won the second tier with the former in 2011–12,^[10] contributing 27 games to the feat.^[11]

Honours

Deportivo

• Segunda División: 2011–12^[10]

References

1. Ayoze: "Hacía campañas que perseguía un gol así" (Ayoze: "I'd been chasing a goal like this for several seasons"); Diario AS, 24 April 2007 (in Spanish)
2. Marcelino sacará el equipo de gala para remontar la eliminatoria y hacer historia (Marcelino will field all-star team to come from behind in tie and make history); Levante-EMV, 18 March 2008 (in Spanish)
3. Duscher, Moratón y Ayoze, entre algodones (Duscher, Moratón and Ayoze, pampered); Diario AS, 19 April 2008 (in Spanish)
4. El Racing se mete por primera vez en la UEFA al ganar a Osasuna (1–0) (Racing reach UEFA for the first time after beating Osasuna (1–0)); 20 minutos, 18 May 2008 (in Spanish)
5. El Mallorca fichó ayer a Ayoze por tres temporadas (Mallorca signed Ayoze yesterday for three seasons); Diario AS, 5 July 2008 (in Spanish)
6. Corrales: "Estoy esperando mi oportunidad" (Corrales: "I'm waiting for my chance"); Marca, 8 October 2009 (in Spanish)
7. Corrales avisa de que en casa "no se puede fallar" (Corrales warns that "one has got to get the job done" at home); Mallorca Confidencial, 4 March 2010 (in Spanish)
8. Ayoze, el primer fichaje del Dépor para Segunda División (Ayoze, first Dépor signing for Segunda División); La Voz de Galicia, 22 June 2011 (in Spanish)
9. Ayoze refuerza al CD Tenerife (Ayoze bolsters CD Tenerife); La Voz de Galicia, 24 January 2014 (in Spanish)
10. El apoyo de una afición de Primera (The support of top-class faithful); La Opinión A Coruña, 28 May 2012 (in Spanish)
11. El Deportivo y Ayoze llegan a un acuerdo para rescindir el contrato (Deportivo and Ayoze reach an agreement to terminate contract); La Información, 3 September 2013 (in Spanish)

External links

• Ayoze Díaz at BDFutbol
• Ayoze Díaz at Soccerway