Manuel Díaz Gil

Manuel Díaz Gil (29 March 1929 – 28 March 1966), commonly known as Liz, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.

Liz
Personal information
Full name Manuel Díaz Gil
Date of birth (1929-03-29)29 March 1929
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Date of death 28 March 1966(1966-03-28) (aged 36)
Place of death Seville, Spain
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1956 Sevilla 86 (21)
1956–1957 Deportivo La Coruña 11 (3)
1957–1958 Sevilla 5 (0)
1958–1960 Almería 32 (2)
Total 134 (26)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Liz played six seasons in La Liga, five with Sevilla FC and one with Deportivo de La Coruña. He made his debut in the competition with the latter on 21 September 1952 in a 2–6 away loss against RCD Español,[1] and scored his first goal on 23 November of the same year, but in a 1–2 home defeat to Racing de Santander;[2] on 22 February 1953, against precisely Deportivo, he netted a hat-trick in a 6–2 home rout,[3] going on to add a further two during the campaign to help his team rank in fifth position.

Liz suffered relegation with Deportivo in 1957, but scored against former club Sevilla in a 3–1 home success.[4] He retired professionally in 1960, with AD Almería from Segunda División.

Personal life

Manuel's younger brother, Antonio, was also a footballer and a forward. He too represented Sevilla.[5]

References
  1. "Español, 6 – Sevilla, 2". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 September 1952. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. "Sevilla, 1 – Santander, 2". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 November 1952. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. "Sevilla, 6 – Coruña, 2". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 23 February 1953. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. "Coruña, 3 – Sevilla, 1". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 April 1957. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  5. Díaz, Ana (24 July 2013). "Liz: "Le dije al entrenador del Sevilla que salir de costalero servía de entrenamiento"" [Liz: "I told Sevilla manager that being a statue bearer counted as training"]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  • Liz at BDFutbol
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