ANDl ‘Nene’ Juan Carlos Díaz, one of the most talented players who came to Colombian football in the 1980s and who also had a long career as a coach, He is going through a delicate health situation in Argentina, his native country.
Díaz, 66, is intubated in the intensive care unit of a clinic in Buenos Aires, with a reserved prognosis. Guada, the daughter of the former footballer, revealed to journalist Felipe Zarruk that he had suffered pneumonia and that he also underwent a catheterization after suffering a cardiac arrest.
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On Thursday, Guada reported that Díaz’s health remained delicate, although doctors said he had shown some improvement.
Juan Carlos Díaz (right)
Photo:Courtesy of Felipe Zarruk
This was Juan Carlos Díaz’s career in Colombia
Diaz arrived at Atlético Bucaramanga in 1981, He came from Los Andes, an Argentine promotion club, and for four years he had a great campaign with that club, with which he qualified for the championship finals in 1984.
In 1985 he signed for Millonarios, where he played four seasons and was part of the team that was champion in 1987 and 1988. At the end of that year, he was transferred to Deportivo Independiente Medellín.
After a season with ‘Poderoso’, in 1990 he was hired by Once Caldas, with whom he managed to qualify for the League finals. And the following year he moved to Cúcuta Deportivo, with which he also achieved an outstanding performance.
In 1994 he returned to DIM as a reinforcement for the Copa Libertadores, he returned to Cúcuta that same year and ended his professional career in Venezuela, as a player for Deportivo Táchira.
Juan Carlos Díaz, during his time as coach of Cúcuta Deportivo.
Photo:Juan Manuel Vargas. EL TIEMPO Archive
After his retirement, he coached Argentine promotion teams such as Los Andes, Sportivo Italiano and Sarmiento de Junín. He was also coach of Cúcuta Deportivo in two stages (2010-11 and 2012) and in 2013 he was in charge of Patriotas de Boyacá.
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