Ramón Díaz

Ramón Díaz (born August 29, 1959) is a former Argentine football player. He has appeared for the Argentina national team.

Ramón Díaz

Díaz as Paraguay manager in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Ramón Ángel Díaz
Date of birth	(1959-08-29) 29 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	La Rioja, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Vasco da Gama (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1982	River Plate	123	(57)
1982–1983	Napoli	25	(3)
1983–1986	Avellino	78	(22)
1986–1988	Fiorentina	53	(17)
1988–1989	Internazionale	33	(12)
1989–1991	Monaco	60	(24)
1991–1993	River Plate	52	(27)
1993–1995	Yokohama Marinos	75	(52)
Total		499	(215)
International career
1978–1979	Argentina U20	6	(8)
1979–1982	Argentina	22	(10)
Managerial career
1995–1999	River Plate
2001–2002	River Plate
2004–2005	Oxford United
2007–2008	San Lorenzo
2008–2009	América
2010–2011	San Lorenzo
2011–2012	Independiente
2012–2014	River Plate
2014–2016	Paraguay
2016–2018	Al Hilal
2018	Al-Ittihad
2019	Pyramids
2020	Libertad
2020	Botafogo
2021–2022	Al Nasr
2022–2023	Al Hilal
2023–	Vasco da Gama
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Díaz with River Plate in 1981

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Argentina			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
1978	River Plate	Primera División	14	5					14	5
1979			22	12					22	12
1980			40	22					40	22
1981			47	18					47	18
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Total
1982–83	Napoli	Serie A	25	3					25	3
1983–84	Avellino	Serie A	24	7					24	7
1984–85			27	5					27	5
1985–86			27	10					27	10
1986–87	Fiorentina	Serie A	29	10					29	10
1987–88			24	7					24	7
1988–89	Internazionale	Serie A	33	12	7	1	3	2	43	15
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Total
1989–90	Monaco	Division 1	28	15					28	15
1990–91			32	9					32	9
Argentina			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
1991–92	River Plate	Primera División	31	20					31	20
1992–93			21	7					21	7
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1993	Yokohama Marinos	J1 League	32	28	3	1	5	3	40	32
1994			37	23	4	2	3	1	44	26
1995			6	1	0	0	-		6	1
Country	Argentina		175	84					175	84
	Italy		189	54					189	54
	France		60	24					60	24
	Japan		75	52	7	3	8	4	90	59
Total			499	214	7	3	8	4	514	221

^[1]

International

Díaz celebrating a goal at the 1979 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1979	1	1
1980	9	4
1981	4	1
1982	8	4
Total	22	10

Managerial statistics

As of 26 October 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
River Plate		8 July 1995	11 February 2000	252	126	66	60	451	303	+148	050.00
River Plate		1 July 2001	30 June 2002	52	29	14	9	111	49	+62	055.77
Oxford United		9 December 2004	4 May 2005	25	10	7	8	48	56	−8	040.00
San Lorenzo		24 December 2006	12 June 2008	68	37	14	17	104	77	+27	054.41
América		25 June 2008	12 February 2009	24	7	9	8	47	50	−3	029.17
San Lorenzo		25 May 2010	24 April 2011	30	10	9	11	29	29	+0	033.33
Independiente		12 September 2011	5 March 2012	20	7	5	8	21	20	+1	035.00
River Plate		30 November 2012	27 May 2014	66	30	17	19	77	56	+21	045.45
Paraguay		4 December 2014	12 June 2016	20	3	9	8	11	22	−11	015.00
Al-Hilal		15 October 2016	20 February 2018	65	42	17	6	83	50	+33	064.62
Al-Ittihad		1 July 2018	15 September 2018	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	000.00
Pyramids		14 February 2019	27 May 2019	13	8	4	1	18	9	+9	061.54
Libertad		20 December 2019	24 September 2020	24	14	4	6	45	29	+16	058.33
Botafogo		4 November 2020	27 November 2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Al Nasr		4 February 2021	7 February 2022	37	14	8	15	58	46	+12	037.84
Al-Hilal		14 February 2022	14 May 2023	60	39	12	9	116	58	+58	065.00
Vasco da Gama		15 July 2023	present	15	6	3	6	18	18	+0	040.00
Total				774	382	197	195	1,267	854	+413	049.35

Honours

Player

River Plate

• Primera División Argentina: 1979 Metropolitano, 1979 Nacional, 1980 Metropolitano, 1981 Nacional, 1991 Apertura
• Supercopa Libertadores runner-up: 1991

Internazionale

• Serie A: 1988–89

Monaco

• Coupe de France: 1990–91
• Ligue 1 runner-up: 1990-91

Yokohama Marinos

• J1 League: 1995

Argentina U20

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1979^[2]

Individual

• FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Boot: 1979^[2]
• Primera División Argentina Top Scorer: 1991 Apertura
• J.League Top Scorer: 1993^[3]
• J.League Best XI: 1993^[3][4]

Manager

River Plate

• Primera División Argentina: 1996 Apertura, 1997 Clausura, 1997 Apertura, 1999 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2014 Final
• Superfinal: 2013–14^[a]
• Copa Libertadores: 1996
• Supercopa Libertadores: 1997
• Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1996
• Recopa Sudamericana runner-up: 1997, 1998

San Lorenzo

• Primera División Argentina: 2007 Clausura

Al-Hilal

• Saudi Professional League: 2016–17
• King's Cup: 2017, 2022–23; runner-up 2021–22
• AFC Champions League runner-up: 2017, 2022^[6]
• FIFA Club World Cup runner-up: 2022^[7]

Al-Ittihad

• Saudi Super Cup runner-up: 2018

Al-Nasr

• UAE League Cup runner-up: 2020–21
• UAE President's Cup runner-up: 2020–21

Individual

• Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: March 2022,^[8] May & June 2022^[9]

Notes

1. The "Superfinal" is considered as a national cup by the Argentine Football Association.^[5]