Name: Carlos Martínez Diarte

Nickname: "El Lobo"



Country: Paraguay
Clubs: Real Zaragoza, Valencia C.F.
Position: *CF, (SS)
Side: RF/BS
Age: 20-23 years (26/01/1954)

Height: 186 cm
Weight: 80 kg

Attack: 89
Defence: 41
Balance: 85
Stamina: 79
Top Speed: 83
Acceleration: 78
Response: 85
Agility: 77
Dribble Accuracy: 87
Dribble Speed: 79
Short Pass Accuracy: 79
Short Pass Speed: 72
Long Pass Accuracy: 75
Long Pass Speed: 73
Shot Accuracy: 86
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 87
Free Kick Accuracy: 76
Curling: 78
Header: 86
Jump: 88
Technique: 84
Aggression: 87
Mentality: 79
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 77

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 7
Weak Foot Frequency: 7
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Early Peak

CARDS:
S01 Reaction
S05 1-touch Play
S20 Scooping

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Positioning - Reaction - 1 touch Pass

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO

Carlos Martínez Diarte (Asunción, 26 January 1954 – Valencia, 29 June 2011) was a Paraguayan footballer and football manager. He is regarded as one of the greatest strikers from South America, unfortunately he sustained a severe injury in a match against Sevilla in 1978 which practically ended his career. He did come back but he was just a shadow of a player before the injury. He was very strong physically, skilled at dribbling and heading. He had a quick and long stride and for this reason Mario Rivarola, his teammate at Olimpia, nicknamed him El Lobo (The Wolf). Fast and explosive in the short sprints, with excellent dribbling and great leap. When he came in Spain he was actually weak in heading but constantly improving in that so later he was even regarded as specialist in heading. Lacked the discipline and loved the nightlife, but on the pitch he was fighter. He was two-footed and very complete striker, exchanging quick short passes with teammates and even scoring from free kicks. Diarte began his career in Olympia and in 1973 came to Zaragoza as part of that be nicknamed the "Zaraguayos" because several players from Paraguay in Zaragoza, as Saturnino Arrúa and Felipe Ocampos. He also played for Valencia, Salamanca and Betis. After passing through the French Saint-Étienne, returned to Paraguay to retire at the Olympia in 1987. After his retirement as a player at the Olympia in 1987 (he was 34), began shortly after his coaching career, which led him to go through the benches Alginet Deportivo, Atletico Madrid B, UD Salamanca, Nastic de Tarragona, Collegiate Athletic, Guaraní and Olimpia. He was a music lover, played the guitar, recorded an album and sang on the radio and television. He also loved literature, wrote many stories and poems. In 2010 he was diagnosed with a spinal tumor and colon cancer. Due to these health problems he left Equatorial Guinea, where he worked as a technical commissioner, to return to Valencia, where he would receive better care. After a long fight against the disease, he died on June 29, 2011, at the age of 57, at the Hospital Doctor Peset in Valencia. He left behind four children.