Juan Carlos Diaz, who was champion with Millionaires in 1987 and 1988, passed away this Saturday morning in Buenos Aires, as confirmed by his relatives.
The one who was the steering wheel of the Bucaramanga, Millonarios, Medellín, Once Caldas and Cúcuta He was 66 years old and in the last week he was admitted to a hospital in Argentina.
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His daughter, Guadawarned that his father had been admitted to intensive care at a clinic in Buenos Aires, with a reserved prognosis.
Later, the journalist from Santander Felipe Zarruk confirmed that the former footballer had suffered pneumonia and that he underwent a catheterization before suffering a cardiac arrest.
Last Thursday, his daughter pointed out that the former offensive midfielder’s health was very delicate, but the doctors warned that day that he had improved a little.
The former player arrived in Colombia in 1981 when he joined Atlético Bucaramanga. He came from the Los Andes club, but in the first years the club failed to consolidate.
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It was not until 19854, with Díaz in one of his best forms, that Bucaramanga qualified for the top eight of the Colombian football championship.
His good campaign and his exquisite football helped Millonarios take him. The Bogotá team hired him in 1985 and he was part of the teams that won the championship in 1987 and 1988.
By 1989, Díaz was hired by Medellín and a year later he left for Once Caldas, a club with which he reached the championship finals.
He went to Cúcuta Deportivo in 1991 and in 1994 he returned to Medellín and joined the squad in the local tournament and the Copa Libertadores.
Lugo returned to Cúcuta and retired. He was a coach at Los Andes, Sportivo Italiano and Sarmiento de Junín.
He returned to Colombia to manage Cúcuta in 2010-11 and 2012 and in 2013 he took charge of the Patriots of Boyacá.
