Pablo Díaz (footballer, born 1971)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Stalla.

Pablo Díaz

Personal information
Full name	Pablo Javier Díaz Stalla
Date of birth	(1971-08-05) 5 August 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
1988–1990	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990	Sporting Gijón B	7	(0)
1990–1998	Sporting Gijón	214	(4)
1998–2004	Zaragoza	122	(2)
Total		343	(6)
International career
1991	Spain U19	3	(0)
1991–1993	Spain U21	4	(0)
1991	Spain U23	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pablo Javier Díaz Stalla (born 5 August 1971) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

He appeared for Sporting de Gijón and Zaragoza in a 14-year senior career. Born in Argentina, he represented Spain internationally at youth levels.

Club career

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a Spanish father who moved to the country in search of work, and an Argentine mother,[1] Díaz played professionally in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 330 games and six goals over the course of 13 seasons for Sporting de Gijón and Real Zaragoza.[2] He made his debut in the competition with the former on 23 September 1990, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 home win against Athletic Bilbao, and scored his first league goal in the following campaign, against the same rival and also at the El Molinón (3–2 victory).[3]

In the summer of 1998, after the Asturians' top-flight relegation, Díaz signed for Zaragoza, remaining with the club until his retirement at the age of 32.

Honours

Zaragoza

• Copa del Rey: 2000–01,[4] 2003–04[5]

References

1. Robledo, Víctor Manuel (16 May 2017). "La vida entre dos tierras del exrojiblanco Pablo" [Life between two lands of former red-and-white Pablo]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
2. Cabranes, Ángel (26 February 2011). "Corazón rojiblanco y pasado maño" [Red-and-white heart and maño past]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
3. "El Sporting no vence al Athletic en El Molinón desde 1991" [Sporting do not beat Athletic at the El Molinón since 1991]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 10 March 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
4. Ortego, Enrique (1 July 2001). "Zaragoza, no hay quinta Copa mala" [Zaragoza, no such thing as a bad fifth Cup]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2014.
5. Hall, Andy (17 March 2004). "Galletti gives Zaragoza glory". UEFA. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

External links

• Pablo Díaz at BDFutbol