Ricardo Diéz

Ricardo Díez
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Díez Santa Cruz
Date of birth	February 11, 1900
Place of birth	Rivera, Uruguay
Date of death	April 27, 1971 (aged 71)
Place of death	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Teams managed
1936–1938	Grêmio Santanense
1939	América Mineiro
1940	America
1941	Sport
1941–1942	Internacional
1944	Santos
1946	América Mineiro
1947	Siderúrgica
1949	América Mineiro
1950–1951	Atlético Mineiro
1953	Cruzeiro
1954	Bahia
1954–1956	Atlético Mineiro
1957	Náutico
1958–1959	Atlético Mineiro
1959	Santa Cruz
1960	Atlético Mineiro
1962–1963	Valério
1964	Unión Magdalena
1965	Democrata FC

Last updated February 18, 2019

Ricardo Diéz, born as Emetério Seledônio Díez^[1] (11 February 1900 – 27 April 1971), was a Uruguayan association football coach who mainly worked in Brazil.

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Career

In 1937 Diéz won with provincial Grêmio Foot-Ball Santanense from Santana do Livramento the Campeonato Gaúcho, the only major title in the club's history. In 1942 he also led Internacional, where he was the first foreign coach, to the state title. He is credited at the club for the discovery of the later national team player Nena. In 1941 he was Campeonato Pernambucano runner-up with Sport Recife, where he has been often attributed with the discovery of World Cup 1950 star striker Ademir de Menezes.^[2]

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Diez, who smoked filterless cigarettes of the Continental brand,^[3] is best known for his times with Atlético Mineiro, which he coached on various stints between 1950 and 1960, winning the Campeonato Mineiro in 1949 and 1954. In 1950 he guided Atlético on its successful trip to Central Europe during the northern winter, which became part of the club's folklore and led to its nickname Campeões do Gelo, the "Ice Champions". In total he guided the club in 168 matches, a statistic only outdone by three other coaches, amongst them Telê Santana.

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Back to Pernambuco, he became third in the State Championship of 1957 with Náutico, and in 1960 he led Santa Cruz FC to the second place behind Náutico.

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Beyond this Diéz also coached other clubs from Minas Gerais: América Mineiro, in 1946, Cruzeiro in 1953, Democrata FC (Sete Lagoas, in 1965, EC Siderúrgica, in 1947, Valeriodoce in 1962 and 1963, and Paraense EC, as well as Santos in São Paulo and Bahia in the state of the same name.

América Futebol Clube is a Brazilian club from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although the club competes in a number of different sports, it is well known for its professional association football team. Founded in 1912, the club preserves its name and crest since its inception. The original home kit colours are white and green only; the black color was incorporated in the 1970s. The team also played with a red home kit between 1933 and 1942, as a protest to the introduction of professionalism. It hosts its matches at Independência stadium, being the only professional club in Belo Horizonte to have its own stadium. The club has the third largest fan base among the teams from Minas Gerais.

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Honours

Grêmio Santanense

Campeonato Gaúcho: 1937

Internacional

Campeonato Gaúcho: 1942

Atlético Mineiro

Campeonato Mineiro: 1949, 1954

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References

↑ "Emetério Seledônio Diéz". Galo Digital (in Portuguese). April 8, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
↑ EBA!!! Futebol: "Ademir Menezes, o Queixada!"
↑ Santa Cruz – Jogos Inesquecíveis: "Jogo 1960"

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[1] "Emetério Seledônio Diéz". Galo Digital (in Portuguese). April 8, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

[2] EBA!!! Futebol: "Ademir Menezes, o Queixada!"

[3] Santa Cruz – Jogos Inesquecíveis: "Jogo 1960"