After spending several days in the intensive care unit of a clinic in the city of Buenos Aires due to pneumonia, The death of Juan Carlos ‘El Nene’ Díaz has been confirmedformer Argentine player who had a great time in Colombian professional football, with Millonarios being the club where he did best.
In addition to these complications from pneumonia, Diaz suffered a heart attack, which is why he underwent a catheterization. Despite the efforts of the medical team, her daughter confirmed the unfortunate news on the morning of June 29.
El Nene Díaz, more than a decade in the FPC
https://twitter.com/clublosandes/status/1807043496185839931, team in which he was known as the Maradona of the Bcame to Colombian football to play with Atlético Bucaramanga, a team he was with from 1981 to 1985, scoring a total of 26 goals with the Santander team.
https://twitter.com/ABucaramanga/status/1807097060480504177, he signed for Millonarios. With the team from the capital he had the best moment of his entire career, He was decisive and highly outstanding in the titles of 1987 and 1988the last two championships of the blues before beginning a 24-year drought without being league champions.
In 1989 he arrived at Independiente Medellín, with the Antioquians he scored five goals, he was one of the most experienced players on the team but He could not finalize his contract with the DIM due to the cancellation of the Colombian tournament of that year, which is why he returned to his country to look for a club.
The following year he returned to our football to play with Once Caldas, He spent a year at the Manizales target and later arrived at Cúcuta Deportivowhich would be his last team in Colombia, since he retired at Deportivo Táchira in Venezuela in 1995.
The footprint in Colombia will not be forgotten
In addition to Millionaires, https://twitter.com/Cucutaoficial/status/1807088806996394187 Although he did not manage to become a champion, he scored 31 goals, leaving this figure as the best mark in his entire career. He also coached Cúcuta on two occasions which together with Patriotas de Boyacá, were the two clubs in which he was a coach in Colombia.
The teams he played for in Colombia have not been immune to the unfortunate news They have posted messages on their social networks of condolences for what happened, in addition to the statement issued by dimayor in which it recalls his great contribution to the FPC in the 1980s.
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