Jesús Díaz (footballer, born 2004)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Manuel Díaz Marulanda[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Barrancas, La Guajira, Colombia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Junior | ||
| Number | 90 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Barranquilla | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Barranquilla | 56 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Porto B (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | Atlético Junior | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Colombia U15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2020 | Colombia U16 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2025 | |||
Jesús Manuel Díaz Marulanda (born 14 May 2004) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Junior.
Club career
[edit]Born in Barrancas, La Guajira, Díaz made his professional debut for Barranquilla at the age of sixteen.[2]
In July 2022, Díaz joined Porto on loan, with an option to buy.[3] He was immediately involved in the club's 'B' team's pre-season, playing in games against the reserves of Monaco and Celta de Vigo.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Díaz is the brother of fellow professional footballer Luis Díaz who plays for Liverpool.[5][6][7][8]
He is of Wayuu origin.[9] On 28 October 2023, Díaz's mother Cilenis Marulanda and father Luis Manuel "Mane" Díaz were kidnapped by armed men on motorcycles at a gas station in their hometown of Barrancas.[10] His mother was rescued by police a day later, with a "major military search" announced to locate his father. Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed "all the public forces have been deployed" and the following day, General William Rene Salamanca announced a reward of up to 200 million pesos for information on Díaz's father's whereabouts. Mane Díaz was released by the kidnappers on 9 November.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 16 August 2022.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barranquilla | 2021 | Categoría Primera B | 16 | 1 | 2[a] | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| Porto B (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
- Notes
- ^ a b Appearances in the Copa Colombia
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Jesús Díaz at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "FC Porto apresenta Jesús Díaz como reforço para os bês" [FC Porto presents Jesús Díaz as a reinforcement for the reserves]. ojogo.pt (in Portuguese). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Jesús Díaz é Reforço do FC Porto B" [Jesús Díaz joins FC Porto B]. fcporto.pt (in Portuguese). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Jesús Díaz, con minutos en la pretemporada de Porto B" [Jesús Díaz, with minutes in the Porto B preseason]. colombia.as.com (in Spanish). 23 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Ellis, Michael (10 July 2022). "Following in big brother's footsteps: Jesus Diaz signs for Porto aged 18". tribuna.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Jesús Díaz se desliga de Luis Díaz en su llegada a Porto: "Quiero escribir mi propia historia"" [Jesús Díaz breaks away from Luis Díaz on his arrival in Porto: "I want to write my own story"]. co.marca.com (in Spanish). 15 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Jesús Díaz pronto a voar" [Jesús Díaz soon to fly]. record.pt (in Portuguese). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Chioffi, Stefano (18 July 2022). "Jesus Diaz, il Porto prende il fratello di Luis, ceduto a gennaio al Liverpool per 47 milioni" [Jesus Diaz, Porto take on Luis's brother, who was sold to Liverpool in January for 47 million]. corrieredellosport.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Luis Diaz: The indigenous star from Colombia's poorest community".
- ^ "Father of Liverpool's Luis Díaz missing in Colombia amid kidnapping reports". The Guardian. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Footballer Luis Díaz's father freed by Colombian guerrillas". 9 November 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ Jesús Díaz at Soccerway
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