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Since 2018, an initiative motivated by both
Humberto Cuéllar, a well-known fan of Coquimbo Unido and TV panelist, and Mario "Loco" Rodríguez, a former goalkeeper and coach of Coquimbo Unido Academy, looks for honoring Díaz by naming a street or making a monument in
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Fotografía de la revista "Estadio" a los jugadores de
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and, two matchdays later, he scored his first goal against
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for a summer tournament. The next year, he played for
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468:. Then he played for
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