Damián Díaz: “It was a disappointment to have gone to Boca”

If Barcelona remains in the race to win the first stage of the LigaPro (it is Independiente del Valle’s escort) it is largely because of Damián Díaz. Kitu scored in the last two games, against Orense and Libertad, and is the team’s top scorer with seven goals in ten games.

More relevant than ever, at the age of 37, the Argentine is excited to represent Ecuador again (he has already played four games in La Tri) and in an analysis of his career, he analyzed having played in Boca as a “disappointment”.

In dialogue with Los Humildes de Marca 90, the attacking midfielder was consulted about various aspects of his private life and the career he built in Argentina and ended up exploding internationally, with previous steps in Chile (Catholic University), United Arab Emirates (Al-Wahda FC) and, of course, Ecuador, where he has accumulated more than 300 games with the Guayaquil team.

But when talking about his departure from Argentine soccer, Kitu did not have the best memory and when they asked him about some disappointment in his career, he mentioned his time at Xeneize: “In Boca it can be, obviously I have my part, but I think they were not reciprocal with me, in the way of expressing themselves, of treating me”.

Along these lines, Díaz stressed: “That influenced a lot, that I couldn’t settle down or have the chance to play three or four games in a row to show what I could do at that time.”

Regarding his departure from the institution that Daniel Angelici was already presiding over at that time (Jorge Amor Ameal finished his term in 2011), he said: “They ended up removing me in a rather strange way, without expressing himself, speaking only with my employer. The truth is, it was a disappointment to have gone to Boca”.

Born in Santa Fe, Kitu emerged in Rosario Central and came to Boca in mid-2008 in exchange for 50% of the player Andrés Franzoia. That same year he made his debut with Azul y Oro: on September 23 against Liga de Quito (4-0 victory) in a match corresponding to the Copa Sudamericana. He also added minutes against Huracán and San Lorenzo for the local tournament.

Almost without filming, in 2009 it was loaned to the Catholic University of Chile, then to Colón and then to Barcelona. There it made a great impression and those from Guayaquil finally bought it in 2012 for $1,200,000 dollars. Thus, his time at La Ribera left a balance of seven matches, without goals or assists in 214 minutes of play.

In the aforementioned interview, Díaz was asked which rival players he admires in his position in the LigaPro and he did not hesitate to praise even an element of the classic rival.

“Miller (Bolaños, Emelec player), (Alexander) Alvarado (of Liga de Quito), is not so internal, but he does throw himself in,” he began by highlighting the 10 from Barcelona.

Along these lines, he continued: “Anderson Naula has done very well. Andrade from Orense I like how he plays, he has a lot of class. There are several, they come to mind.”