Rubén Oswaldo Díaz Figueras (born 8 January 1946 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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) is a former Argentine

Argentina

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 footballer. He played for Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

 in Argentina and Atlético Madrid in Spain

Spain

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. He was nicknamed "Panadero" (baker) because his father owned a bakery.

"Panadero" Díaz started his professional career in 1965 with Racing Club de Avellaneda. In 1966 he was part of the team that won the Argentine league

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

. The following season they won in the Copa Libertadores 1967, the first and only time that Racing Club have been Libertadores champions. Later that year they beat Celtic F.C.

Celtic F.C.

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 of Scotland

Scotland

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 in the Copa Intercontinental to become the first Argentine team to be crowned club champions of the world.

In 1974 Díaz joined Atlético Madrid where he won a second Copa Intercontinental in 1974, beating Racing Clubs fiercest rivals; Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

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. He also won a Copa del Rey

Copa del Rey

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 and a league title

La Liga

The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

 with Atlético before returning to Argentina in 1977.

"Panadero" returned to Racing Club but only played on until 1978 when he retired from top-class football. He was named in the Clarín

Clarín (newspaper)

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 all-time Racing Club team.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1966	Racing Club Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...	Primera División Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
1967	Racing Club Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...	Copa Libertadores
1967	Racing Club Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...	Copa Intercontinental
1974	Atlético Madrid	Copa Intercontinental
1976	Atlético Madrid	Copa del Rey Copa del Rey The Copa del Rey is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Fútbol ....
1976–1977	Atlético Madrid	Spanish League La Liga The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

External links

Fútbol Factory profile (Archived)