Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait (born March 23, 1999) is a Puerto Rican professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Liga Puerto Rico club Bayamón FC and the Puerto Rico national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait | ||
| Date of birth | March 23, 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Caguas, Puerto Rico | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Academia Quintana | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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 | 28 | (11) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:01, 1 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7:00, 7 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
editDíaz 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
editGerald was called up in 2016, for the Puerto Rico under-20 national team, for the first round of World Cup qualifiers.[3]
He made his debut with the senior Puerto Rico national 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
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vall de Uxó | 2017–18 | Preferente Valenciana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Atlético Levante | 2017–18 | Tercera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vilamarxant | 2020–21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Career total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
- Notes
International
edit- As of match played 6 September 2024.[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 28 | 11 | |
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.[10]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 October 2019 | Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguilla |  Anguilla |
3–0 | 3–2 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 2. | 2 June 2021 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |  Bahamas |
1–0 | 7–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 12 June 2022 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |  British Virgin Islands |
3–0 | 6–0 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 4. | 26 March 2023 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |  Cayman Islands |
2–0 | 5–1 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 5. | 9 September 2023 | Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas | Bahamas |
1–1 | 6–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 6. | 12 September 2023 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |  Antigua and Barbuda |
1–0 | 5–0 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 7. | 4–0 | |||||
| 8. | 5–0 | |||||
| 9. | 17 October 2023 | SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |  Guyana |
1–0 | 1–3 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 10. | 21 November 2023 | Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Bahamas |
5–0 | 6–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 11. | 6 September 2024 | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |  Haiti |
1–0 | 1–4 | 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B |
References
edit- ^ "Más jugadores boricuas en Pro-Levante | FutbolBoricua.net".
- ^ "SE PREPARA PARA INICIAR EL FÚTBOL MASCULINO UNIVERSITARIO | FutbolBoricua.net".
- ^ "Le llega el turno a la Sub20 rumbo a la Copa Mundial".
- ^ "Reñido empate ante Indonesia".
- ^ "Lista la Sub20 para el Campeonato Concacaf".
- ^ "Regresa hoy la Selección Olímpica ante Antigua y Barbuda".
- ^ "Suriname v Puerto Rico match report".
- ^ Gerald Díaz at Soccerway
- ^ Gerald Díaz at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Gerald Díaz at National-Football-Teams.com
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