Luis Díaz Espinoza

Luis Mario Díaz Espinoza (born 6 December 1998) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Espinoza.
Luis Díaz
Diaz with Columbus Crew SC in 2019
Personal information
Full name Luis Mario Díaz Espinoza
Date of birth (1998-12-06) 6 December 1998
Place of birth Nicoya, Costa Rica
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Columbus Crew SC
Number 12
Youth career
AD Guanacasteca
0000–2016 Grecia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Grecia 45 (2)
2019 Herediano 21 (1)
2019– Columbus Crew SC 34 (2)
National team‡
2017–2018 Costa Rica U20
2019– Costa Rica 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2020

Career

Díaz started his career in the Segunda División de Costa Rica with Municipal Grecia. In the 2016–17 season, he and Grecia earned promotion to Liga FPD, the first division of Costa Rican football.[2] Over the summer of 2018, Díaz was the subject of transfer rumors from Herediano;[3] he would officially join Herediano for the 2019 Clausura.[4] On July 2, 2019, it was announced that Díaz had moved to Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC on a Young Designated Player deal.[5]

Díaz made his Columbus debut against the Chicago Fire.[6] Coming on in the 65th minute for Eduardo Sosa, Diaz assisted fellow debutant Romario Williams in scoring a 90th minute equalizer as part of a 2–2 draw.[6] He went on to finish the 2019 season making 13 appearances along with two goals and four assists.[7] During the 2020 season, Diaz was part of the Columbus team that won the 2020 MLS Cup, making a total of 25 appearances for the club.[7][8] Though Diaz was in and out of the starting lineup throughout the season, he started 3 out of 4 of the club's playoff games, including the final in which Columbus beat the Seattle Sounders 3–0.[8]

International

He made his Costa Rica national football team debut on 6 September 2019 in a friendly against Uruguay, when he replaced Joel Campbell in the 68th minute and was cautioned in the remaining minutes.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 November 2020[10][11]
Club Season League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grecia 2016–17 Segunda División 00––2[lower-alpha 2]020
2017–18 Liga FPD 272–––272
2018–19 Liga FPD 180–––180
Total 452000020472
Herediano 2018–19 Liga FPD 191–202[lower-alpha 3]0231
Columbus Crew SC 2019 MLS 13200––132
2020 21 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 25 0
Career total 9850020801085
  1. All appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League
  2. Appearances in the Segunda División promotion playoffs
  3. Appearances in the Liga FPD playoffs

International
As of 14 October 2019[12]
Costa Rica
YearAppsGoals
201920
Total20

Honors

Columbus Crew

References
  1. "Luis Díaz formará parte del Club Sport Herediano". January 2, 2019.
  2. "VIDEOS: El Municipal Grecia es campeón y asciende a la primera división". everardoherrera.com. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  3. Ramirez, Wender (23 November 2018). "Luis Díaz deja Grecia para iniciar su aventura en Herediano" [Luis Díaz leaves Grecia to begin his adventure in Herediano]. MarioSegura.com (in Spanish). MarioSegura.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. "Luis Díaz formará parte del Club Sport Herediano". Club Sport Herediano (in Spanish). 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  5. "Crew Sign Luis Diaz". Major League Soccer.
  6. "Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew SC - Football Match Line-Ups - July 17, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  7. "Costa Rica - L. Díaz - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  8. Straus, Brian. "Resilient at Their Core, Crew Are Fitting MLS Cup Champions in 2020". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  9. "Costa Rica v Uruguay game report". ESPN. 6 September 2019.
  10. Luis Díaz Espinoza at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  11. Luis Díaz Espinoza at Major League Soccer
  12. "Luis Díaz Espinoza". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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