Gerald Díaz

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 (age 25)
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
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	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)

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.

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 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

Club

As of 1 June 2021.[8][9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

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

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

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