Zenón Díaz

Zenón Díaz

Personal information
Date of birth	31 December 1880
Place of birth	San Marcos, Córdoba, Argentina
Date of death	5 September 1948 (aged 67)
Place of death	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1903-1919	Rosario Central	150	(8)
National team
1905–1916	Argentina	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Zenón Díaz was an Argentinian football player. He was the first native footballer in Argentina national football team. He played all his career in Rosario Central.

Club career

He started as a goalkeeper in 1903. Later, Díaz played as a defender, becoming in one of the most famous footballer of amateur era. He played around 150 games and scored 8 goals. He won 4 national titles and 7 locals titles with the canallas. He also worked at the Central Argentine Railway.^[1][2]

National team career

He was the first native player in Argentina national team. His first match was in 1905 versus Nottingham Forest. Later he played in several cups against Uruguay, and participated in the first South American Championship (1916).^[3]

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  Harry Hayes, Ennis Hayes and Zenón Díaz in 1916 South American Championship.

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  Zenón Díaz in 1945, with Yebra and De Zorzi.

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  Zenón with his nephew Octavio, internacional goalkeeper, at the railway's workshop.

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  Zenón in 1905.

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  Here as standard-bearer of Rosario Central in 1929.

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  With his son Oscar, at a radio show, in occasion of fiftieth anniversary of Central.

Clubs

Club	País	Año
Rosario Central	Argentina	1903-1919

Honours

With Rosario Central

• Copa de Competencia La Nación: 1913
• Copa Ibarguren: 1915
• Copa de Competencia Jockey Club: 1916
• Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires: 1916
• Copa Nicasio Vila: 1908, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919
• Federación Rosarina de Football: 1913

With Argentina national team

• Copa Lipton: 1906
• Copa Honor Argentino: 1913
• Copa Newton: 1916
• Copa Honor Uruguayo: 1916
• Copa Círculo de la Prensa: 1916

References

1. Brisaboa, Jorge (1996). De Rosario y de Central (First ed.). Rosario, Argentina: Homo Sapiens Ediciones. pp. 20 to 35. ISBN 9508081007.
2. Durhand, Carlos (2010). "Historia en Azul y Amarillo". Diario La Capital de Rosario.
3. "Zenón Díaz - Argentina National Team". Soccer Data Base.

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