Hugo Diaz

Hugo Diaz Rodriguez (born 9 February 1997), known as Hugo Diaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo ˈði.aθ]), is a Spanish footballer who plays a centre back for Korona Kielce. He can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Club Career

Early career

Diaz started his career at Deportivo La Coruna youth academy, graduating to Depor Juvenil A and then the Deportivo de La Coruna B team, in January 2017 he then had a loan spell at A Coruna based team Silva SD.

Leeds United

On 18 August 2017, he joined Leeds United from Deportivo, initially linking up with the Leeds Under 23s squad. In the Under 23s he formed a central defence partnership with Paudie O'Connor.

On 10 April 2018, after an injury crisis to Leeds' first team defenders, Diaz was promoted to Leeds' first team and named as a substitute in their EFL Championship game against Preston North End. Diaz made his debut for Leeds in the same game coming on early in the second half for injured centre back Pontus Jansson, partnering his usual Under 23 teammate Paudie O'Connor for the first team in a 1–3 loss. On 8 May, he was named in Leeds' first team squad by Head Coach Paul Heckingbottom for their post season friendlies tour to Myanmar.

He featured in Leeds' first team during the 2018/19 pre season under new head coach Marcelo Bielsa. He made his first appearance for Leeds' first team of pre-season in the friendly match 1–1 draw against York City on 20 July 2018

He was named in the first team squad again on 6 January 2019, when he was an unused subsistute during a 2–1 defeat to Queens Park Rangers in the third round of the FA Cup.

Diaz captained the Leeds United 23s side over the course of the 2018/19 season, that won the PDL Northern League 2018/19 Season by winning the league, they then became the national Professional Development League Champions by beating Birmingham City in the final.

On 22 June 2019, Diaz announced on his Twitter page that the club had released him.