In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Huincales.

Paulo César Díaz Huincales (Latin American Spanish: [ˈpawlo ˈði.as] born 25 August 1994), known as Paulo Díaz, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine Primera División club River Plate and the Chile national team.[3]

International career

He got his first call up to the senior Chile squad for a friendly against the United States in January 2015 and made his international debut in the match.[4]

Personal life

He is the son of former defender Ítalo Díaz,[5] who played for the Chile national team in 2001. His younger brother, Nicolás, is a Chilean international footballer too.[6]

Díaz Huincales is of Mapuche descent.[7]

Díaz naturalized Argentine by residence in 2024.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 January 2025[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental[b] Other[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Palestino 2013 Chilean Primera División 3 0 3 0 — — 6 0
2013–14 Chilean Primera División 16 0 0 0 — — 16 0
2014–15 Chilean Primera División 28 6 10 1 7 0 — 45 7
Total 47 6 13 1 7 0 0 0 67 7
Colo-Colo 2015–16 Chilean Primera División 2 0 4 0 — — 6 0
San Lorenzo 2016 Argentine Primera División 7 0 4 1 5 0 — 16 1
2016–17 Argentine Primera División 19 3 1 0 8 1 — 28 4
2017–18 Argentine Primera División 21 2 1 1 3 0 — 25 3
Total 47 5 6 2 16 1 0 0 69 8
Al-Ahli 2018–19 Saudi Pro League 24 0 1 0 6 0 4 2 35 2
River Plate 2019–20 Argentine Primera División 10 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 14 0
2020–21 Argentine Primera División 5 0 3 0 9 2 1 0 18 2
2021 Argentine Primera División 28 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 36 2
2022 Argentine Primera División 24 1 2 0 7 0 — 33 1
2023 Argentine Primera División 27 2 2 0 7 0 1 0 37 2
2024 Argentine Primera División 34 3 1 0 11 0 1 0 47 3
2025 Argentine Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 128 7 9 0 43 3 5 0 185 10
Career total 248 18 33 3 72 4 9 2 362 27
  1. ^ Includes Copa Chile, Copa Argentina and King's Cup
  2. ^ Includes Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and AFC Champions League Elite.
  3. ^ Includes Supercopa Argentina, Torneos de Verano, Trofeo de Campeones and Arab Club Champions Cup.

International

As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Chile 2015 1 0
2017 8 0
2018 7 0
2019 7 0
2020 4 0
2021 4 0
2022 8 0
2023 5 1
2024 8 0
Total 49 1

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 March 2023 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Paraguay 2–2 3–2 Friendly

Honours

Colo-Colo
River Plate

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Paulo Díaz" (in Spanish). Club Atlético River Plate. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Paulo Díaz Huincales". talentodeportivo.cl. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Chile - P. Díaz - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  4. ^ "Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli names home-based squad for USA friendly". ca2015.com. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  5. ^ "El 11 revelación de jugadores chilenos en el Apertura". pelotudos.cl. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  6. ^ "El hito que lograron los hermanos Díaz en el Chile - Uruguay". chile.as.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ Roggero, José (11 August 2021). "Futbolistas weichafes". El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  8. ^ González, Christian (18 July 2024). ""Jura a la bandera este jueves": Paulo Díaz obtiene la nacionalidad argentina para ayudar a River Plate". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  9. ^ Paulo Díaz at Soccerway


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