Gerald Díaz

Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait (born March 23, 1999) is a Puerto Rican football player who plays as a midfielder for Bayamón FC in the Liga Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Agrait.
Gerald Díaz
Personal information
Full name Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait
Date of birth (1999-03-23) March 23, 1999
Place of birth Caguas, Puerto Rico
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bayamón FC
Youth career
0000–2017 Vall de Uxó
2017 Levante
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Marshalltown Tigers 17 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Vall de Uxó 1 (0)
2017 Atlético Levante 0 (0)
2019–2020 Bayamón FC (10)
2020–2021 Vilamarxant 11 (1)
2021–2022 Bayamón FC
2022– Buñol
International career‡
2016–2018 Puerto Rico U20 8 (1)
2019 Puerto Rico U23 3 (1)
2017– Puerto Rico 20 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:01, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:35, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Career

Díaz began playing in Puerto Rico at local club Caguas Bairoa. He later spent time in Spain in UD Vall de Uxó and Levante UD.[1] He played on his first college year at Marshalltown Community College before returning to Puerto Rico in 2019 to play for Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.[2]

International career

Gerald was called up in 2016 for the Puerto Rico national under-20 football team for the first round of World Cup qualifiers.[3]

He made his debut with the Puerto Rico national football team in July 2017 in a friendly match against Indonesia.[4]

In 2018 he was called up once again for the U20 under head coach Amado Guevara for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where he scored a goal.[5] In July 2019, he played for the Puerto Rico national under-23 football team for the 2020 Olympic Games qualification where he scored one goal.[6]

He scored his first international goal on October 15, 2019 on a 2-3 victory over Anguilla. On June 18, 2023 he scored the winning penalty in a shoot-out against Suriname in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match, taking Puerto Rico to their highest achievement in the competition's history to date.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 June 2021.[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vall de Uxó 2017–18 Preferente Valenciana 10000010
Atlético Levante 2017–18 Tercera División 00000000
Vilamarxant 2020–21 1110000111
Career total 1210000121
Notes

    International
    As of match played 12 September 2023.[10]
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Puerto Rico 201710
    201810
    201961
    202000
    202141
    202221
    202365
    Total208

    International goals
    Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.[10]
    No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.15 October 2019Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguilla Anguilla3–03–22019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C
    2.2 June 2021Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Bahamas1–07–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
    3.12 June 2022Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico British Virgin Islands3–06–02022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C
    4.26 March 2023Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Cayman Islands2–05–12022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C
    5.9 September 2023Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas Bahamas1–16–12023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B
    6.12 September 2023Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Antigua and Barbuda1–05–02023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B
    7.4–0
    8.5–0

    References
    1. "Más jugadores boricuas en Pro-Levante | FutbolBoricua.net".
    2. "SE PREPARA PARA INICIAR EL FÚTBOL MASCULINO UNIVERSITARIO | FutbolBoricua.net".
    3. "Le llega el turno a la Sub20 rumbo a la Copa Mundial".
    4. "Reñido empate ante Indonesia".
    5. "Lista la Sub20 para el Campeonato Concacaf".
    6. "Regresa hoy la Selección Olímpica ante Antigua y Barbuda".
    7. "Suriname v Puerto Rico match report".
    8. Gerald Díaz at Soccerway
    9. Gerald Díaz at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
    10. Gerald Díaz at National-Football-Teams.com


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