Julio Díaz (footballer)

Julio Díaz Sánchez (born 16 April 1948) is a Spanish football coach and former player.

Díaz was born in Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia, and played for SD Compostela, AD Ceuta and CD Díter Zafra.

As a manager, he achieved an incredible run in the 1987–88 Copa del Rey with Bergantiños FC, only being knocked out by Rayo Vallecano.

In 2000, after a stint at Pontevedra CF, Díaz returned to the Albivermellos, and despite leaving the club at the end of the campaign, was again appointed on 19 September 2001.

[2] He was sacked in December 2002, and ended his spell at the club with 214 matches in charge, behind only Quique Setién.