sentences:  Díaz made 52 appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team from 1979 to 1992.He was part of the team that beat then 1982 FIFA World Cup champions Italy in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.He also played with Costa Rica in 8 of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but was dropped by coach Bora Milutinovic from the team that played in the World Cup, alongside Evaristo Coronado and Álvaro Solano despite a national cry for his inclusion.