Jair Díaz (football manager)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Villegas.
Jair Díaz
Personal information
Full name Jair José Díaz Villegas
Date of birth (1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Caracas, Venezuela
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Venezuela (assistant)
Managerial career
Years Team
2003–2009 Colegio Los Arcos
2010–2015 Atlético Venezuela (youth)
2015–2019 Venezuela U17 (assistant)
2019–2020 Venezuela U20 (assistant)
2020–2021 Atlético Venezuela
2021– Atlético Venezuela (assistant)

Jair José Díaz Villegas (born 3 July 1980) is a Venezuelan football manager. He is the current assistant manager of Atlético Venezuela.

Career

Born in Caracas, Díaz began his career at Colegio Los Arcos in 2003. In 2010, he joined Atlético Venezuela's youth setup,[1] and worked as manager of the under-20 squad.[2]

In September 2015, Díaz was named José Hernández's assistant at the Venezuela under-17 national team.[3] In 2019, he also followed Hernández to the under-20s.[4]

On 1 November 2020, Díaz returned to Atlético Venezuela, now named manager of the first team in the Primera División.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jair Díaz toma las riendas del conjunto nacional" [Jair Díaz takes the reins of the national squad] (in Spanish). Atlético Venezuela CF. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Jair Díaz "Este equipo está para grandes cosas"" [Jair Díaz: "This team is ready for big things"] (in Spanish). Atlético Venezuela CF. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Vinotinto Sub-17 realizará un módulo en el Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento" [The Vinotinto under-17s will go through a module at the Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento] (in Spanish). MippCI. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  4. ^ "La Vinotinto Sub 20 iniciará sus trabajos con un módulo en el CNAR" [The Vinotinto under-20s will start their works with a module at the CNAR] (in Spanish). Balonazos.com. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.