Junior Lennin Díaz | |
Fullname: | Junior Lennin Díaz Almeida |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1977[1] |
Birth Place: | Mérida, Venezuela |
Height: | 1.76m |
Position: | Left back |
Years1: | 1997–2002 |
Years2: | 2002–2004 |
Years3: | 2004–2005 |
Years4: | 2006 |
Caps4: | 11 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2006–2007 |
Caps5: | 25 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2007–2008 |
Caps6: | 11 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2018 |
Managerclubs1: | Portuguesa (assistant) |
Manageryears2: | 2019 |
Managerclubs2: | Atlético El Vigía (assistant) |
Manageryears3: | 2021 |
Managerclubs3: | Trujillanos |
Junior Lennin Díaz Almeida (born 1 July 1975) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a left back.
Born in Mérida, Díaz played for Estudiantes de Mérida,[1] Unión Atlético Maracaibo, Deportivo Italmaracaibo, Monagas and Llaneros de Guanare. In 2008, after suffering a severe knee injury and being released by Llaneros, he retired.
Díaz subsequently worked for the Mérida branch of the Colegio Nacional de Entrenadores de Fútbol (National School of Football Managers)[2] and was also an assistant manager at Portuguesa and Atlético El Vigía. On 29 March 2021, he was appointed manager of Trujillanos,[3] but resigned on 17 May.