Gerald Jadiel Díaz Agrait (born March 23, 1999) is a Puerto Rican football player who plays as a midfielder for Bayamón FC in the Liga Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico national team.

Career

Díaz began playing in Puerto Rico at local club Caguas Bairoa. He later spent time in Spain in UD Vall de Uxó and Levante UD. He played on his first college year at Marshalltown Community College before returning to Puerto Rico in 2019 to play for Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.

Gerald Díaz

International career

Gerald was called up in 2016 for the Puerto Rico national under-20 football team for the first round of World Cup qualifiers.

Gerald Díaz

He made his debut with the Puerto Rico national football team in July 2017 in a friendly match against Indonesia.

Gerald Díaz

In 2018 he was called up once again for the U20 under head coach Amado Guevara for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where he scored a goal. In July 2019, he played for the Puerto Rico national under-23 football team for the 2020 Olympic Games qualification where he scored one goal.

He scored his first international goal on October 15, 2019 on a 2-3 victory over Anguilla. On June 18, 2023 he scored the winning penalty in a shoot-out against Suriname in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match, taking Puerto Rico to their highest achievement in the competition's history to date.

Career statistics

Club

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International

International goals

Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.

References

1999 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Caguas, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican men's footballers

Puerto Rican expatriate men's footballers

Puerto Rico men's international footballers

Men's association football midfielders

Tercera División players

Levante UD footballers

Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Spain

Expatriate men's footballers in Spain

Universidad del Sagrado Corazón alumni