Osvaldo Díaz

For the Cuban Olympic rower, see Osvaldo Díaz (rower).

Osvaldo Díaz (born 22 December 1981) is a retired Paraguayan footballer.

Osvaldo Díaz

Personal information
Full name	Osvaldo Javier Díaz Gimenez
Date of birth	(1981-12-22) 22 December 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2007	Guaraní	167	(30)
2007	Olimpia	18	(2)
2008	AC Lugano	3	(0)
2008	12 de Octubre	5	(0)
2009–2010	Guaraní	6	(1)
2011–2012	Independiente FBC	41	(5)
2011	→ Sportivo Luqueño (loan)	18	(1)
2013	San Lorenzo
2014–	12 de Octubre	12	(0)
International career
2001	Paraguay U20
2004	Paraguay U23
2004	Paraguay	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	2004 Athens	Team Competition

Career

Díaz began his career at Club Guaraní before moving in mid 2007 to Olimpia Asunción in the Paraguayan First Division.

On 1 February 2008 he was signed by AC Lugano, where he only played a total of 17 minutes in 3 games. ^{[citation needed]}

On 4 August, before the Summer Olympics began, he played in a preparation game against the Portugal of Cristiano Ronaldo in the city of Algarve, resulting in a 5–0 defeat.^[1] Diaz was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan 2004 Olympic football team, which earned a quarter-final place with two victories in the qualifying round. Having finished second in the league, the squad later beat South Korea in the quarter-finals, and Iraq in the semi-finals, before losing to Argentina in the final.