Yendry Diaz

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Yendry Diaz
Personal information
Full name Yendry Diaz Perez
Date of birth (1987-06-05) June 5, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Matanzas, Cuba
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Matanzas
2009 Real Maryland Monarchs 10 (1)
2010–2011 FC Tampa Bay 23 (1)
International career
Cuba U20 [1]
Cuba U23
2008 Cuba 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2011

Yendry Díaz Pérez (born 5 June 1987) is a Cuban footballer. [2]

Contents

Career

Professional

After several unsuccessful trials with various Major League Soccer clubs, Diaz signed with the Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division on April 15, 2009. [3]

Diaz signed with the new USSF Division 2 team FC Tampa Bay in January 2010. [4] The club joined the North American Soccer League in 2011. After spending the 2011 season with FC Tampa Bay, the club announced on October 4, 2011, that it would not re-sign Diaz for the 2012 season. [5]

International

Diaz has numerous caps for Cuba national U-23 football team and made his senior international debut for Cuba in a February 2008 friendly match against Guyana. He earned his second and final cap two days later against the same opposition.

Personal life

Díaz was born to Julio Diaz and Dinora Perez and has a younger sister, still living in Cuba. [6]

Diaz defected to the United States from Cuba just after his team's Olympic qualifying game against the United States on March 11, 2008, along with several teammates, including Loanny Cartaya. [7] Diaz apparently slipped out of his hotel in the middle of the night and traveled by car to West Palm Beach.

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References

  1. "CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap". Issuu. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. NY Times Cuban Players Fled Their Team for an Uncertain Future 2008 "Three days after slipping out of their hotel, the five players — the team captain, Yeniel Bermúdez; defenders Erlys García Baró and Prieto; midfielder Yordany Álvarez; and goalkeeper José Manuel Miranda — were staying in West Palm Beach, Miami and Hallandale, Fla., according to their lawyer, Irving Gonzalez. He said the five had spoken with their two teammates who defected Wednesday, defender Yendry Díaz and midfielder Eder Roldán. He said that no one had heard from Lara."
  3. Real Maryland signs former Cuban U-23 internationals
  4. FC Tampa Bay Rowdies To Play At George M. Steinbrenner Field - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News
  5. http://fctampabay.com/index.php?id=31&newsid=1390
  6. 2 Months After Flight, No Asylum, No Regret - Tampa Bay Times
  7. Yendry Diaz's match of freedom