Isidro Díaz (footballer, born 1954)

Not to be confused with Isidro Díaz (footballer, born 1972).

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

Isidro Díaz González (born 24 May 1954), known simply as Isidro, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Isidro

Personal information
Full name	Isidro Díaz González[1]
Date of birth	(1954-05-24) 24 May 1954 (age 70)[1]
Place of birth	Gimialcón, Spain[1]
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1977	Castilla
1973–1974	→ Salmantino (loan)
1977–1985	Real Madrid	140	(10)
1985–1987	Racing Santander	65	(15)
1987–1989	Elche	44	(7)
Total		249	(32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He appeared in 221 La Liga matches over 11 seasons, scoring 28 goals and representing in the competition Real Madrid, Racing de Santander and Elche.^[2]

Club career

Born in Gimialcón, Province of Ávila, Castile and León, Isidro was promoted to the main squad of La Liga giants Real Madrid in 1977,^[2] winning three consecutive leagues but totalling only one goal from 46 appearances in his first three years. Barred by the likes of Juanito (who signed in the same season) and Santillana during his spell, he never managed to be a regular starter for the Spanish capital club.

In the 1980–81 edition of the European Cup, Isidro scored both goals in a 2–0 home win over FC Spartak Moscow in the quarter-finals after coming on as a substitute in the second half of the second leg, sealing his team's qualification 2–0 on aggregate.^[3] After the 1984–85 campaign, aged 31 and having just won the UEFA Cup, even though he did not appear in any of the final games against Videoton FC, he joined fellow top-flight side Racing de Santander, netting a career-best ten times in his first year – including their 1000th in the competition on 20 April 1986 in the 4–1 home defeat of Hércules CF^[4]– but suffering relegation in the following.^[5]

Isidro closed out his career aged 35 after two years with Elche CF, being an important attacking unit in 1987–88 as the Valencians promoted from Segunda División.^[6] In February 2006, he returned to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as youth system coordinator.^[2]

Honours

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80^[2]
• Copa del Rey: 1979–80, 1981–82; runner-up: 1978–79, 1982–83^[2]
• Copa de la Liga: 1985; runner-up: 1983^[2]
• UEFA Cup: 1984–85^[2]
• Supercopa de España runner-up: 1982
• European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1982–83^[7]

References

1. Isidro at WorldFootball.net
2. "Isidro Díaz, nuevo asesor de los canteranos" [Isidro Díaz, new aid to youth players]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 1 February 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
3. González, José Damián (20 March 1981). "2–0: Para el Madrid fue "San Isidro"" [2–0: It was "Saint Isidro" for Madrid]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2014.
4. "4–1: El Racing se despidió por todo lo alto" [4–1: Racing said goodbye with head held as high as could be]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 April 1986. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
5. Díez, Fran (10 June 2016). "La liguilla de Irigoyen" [Irigoyen's playoffs] (in Spanish). Racinguismo. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
6. "El Elche busca su quinto ascenso a Primera División" [Elche in search of their fifth promotion to Primera División]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 16 June 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
7. Aitken, Mike (11 May 2013). "Aberdeen's Cup-Winners' Cup glory in Gothenburg". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

External links

• Isidro at BDFutbol