Antonio Díaz Gil
{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Liz II
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Antonio Díaz Gil
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|5|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Seville, Spain
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|4|5|1934|5|10|df=y}}
| death_place = Seville, Spain
| height =
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Sevilla
| years1 = 1953–1954 | clubs1 = Coria | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1954–1955 | clubs2 = Granada | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1955–1958 | clubs3 = Sevilla | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1956–1957 | clubs4 = → Cádiz (loan) | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 9
| years5 = 1957–1958 | clubs5 = → Cádiz (loan) | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 5
| years6 = 1959–1960 | clubs6 = Celta | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 1960–1961 | clubs7 = Xerez | caps7 = | goals7 =
| totalcaps = 58 | totalgoals = 17
}}
Antonio Díaz Gil (10 May 1934 – 5 April 2014), commonly known as Liz II, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Born in Seville, Liz II played only for clubs in his native Andalusia, the sole exception being RC Celta de Vigo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yojugueenelcelta.com/2010/07/antonio-diaz-gil-liz-ii-nacido-en.html|title=Liz II|publisher=Yo Jugué en el Celta|language=Spanish|date=4 July 2010|accessdate=12 June 2014}} He also represented, in an eight-year professional career, Coria CF, Granada CF, Sevilla FC, Cádiz CF and Xerez CD. With Sevilla, where he coincided with legendary manager Helenio Herrera, he scored his only goal in La Liga, in a 3–0 home win against Deportivo Alavés on 13 November 1955.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1955/11/14/pagina-5/632638/pdf.html|title={{sic|nolink=y|Sevilla, 2}} – D. Alavés, 0|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|language=Spanish|date=14 November 1955|accessdate=12 June 2014}}
Liz II died in his hometown on 5 April 2014, one month shy of his 80th birthday.{{cite web|url=http://www.sevillafc.es/nuevaweb/actualidad/noticias/32757|title=Fallece Liz II, uno de los últimos de Helenio Herrera|trans-title=Liz II, one of Helenio Herrera's last, dies|publisher=Sevilla FC|language=Spanish|date=5 April 2014|accessdate=7 April 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407062700/http://www.sevillafc.es/nuevaweb/actualidad/noticias/32757|archivedate=7 April 2014}}
Personal life
Antonio's older brother, Manuel, was also a footballer and a forward. He too represented Sevilla.{{cite news|url=http://sevillaciudad.sevilla.abc.es/noticias/triana/sociedad-triana/antonio-liz-en-triana-naci-vivo-y-aqui-quiero-morir/|title=Liz: "Le dije al entrenador del Sevilla que salir de costalero servía de entrenamiento"|trans-title=Liz: "I told Sevilla manager that being a statue bearer counted as training"|newspaper=ABC|first=Ana|last=Díaz|language=Spanish|date=24 July 2013|accessdate=12 June 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|9894|Liz II}}
- [http://cadistas1910.awardspace.com/ficha_jugador.php?idjugador=922 Stats and bio at Cadistas1910] {{in lang|es}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz Gil, Antonio}}
Category:Footballers from Seville
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Tercera División players
Category:Granada CF footballers