César Antonio Díaz Escobar

César Antonio Díaz Escobar (born 20 June 1975) is a Chilean former professional footballer, who played as a forward, and current manager.

Playing career Born in Santiago, Díaz was with Panamericano K8 from San Miguel before starting his career with Compañía de Teléfonos (CTC) in the Chilean Tercera División. He played for 12 clubs during a 20-year professional career. Later, he played for Club Deportivo Palestino in 1994, moving to Cobreloa after four seasons.

Díaz went on to represent, in his country's top division but also in the second, Audax Italiano, Santiago Morning, Coquimbo Unido, Deportes Temuco, Santiago Wanderers, Cobresal, Deportes Melipilla, Curicó Unido and Deportes Antofagasta, retiring at the age of 36. He scored his last goal on 4 September 2011 in a 5–0 away win against Deportes Copiapó and, in 2005, was crowned joint-top scorer to help Cobresal to the sixth overall position.

Coaching career In December 2022, Díaz assumed as coach of free agents at the (National Football Institute), the trade union of players in the Chilean football.

Honours Individual Chilean Primera División top scorer: 2005 Clausura