Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ gbara onye nke iri n'ọsọ mita 10,000 n'egwuregwu Olimpik nke 1988. Ezigbo ihe ịga nke ọma mbụ ya bịara na ịgba ọsọ cross: ọ meriri ọlaọcha onye ọ bụla na ọla kọpa otu na 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Dias meriri nzukọ Eurocross na 1991 wee gaa n'ihu were ọnọdụ nke isii na 1991 Cross Country Championship. Na-asọ mpi na ụwa n'ime ụlọ maka oge mbụ, ọ bịara n'ọnọdụ nke anọ na mita 3000 na IAAF World Indoor Championships. N'asọmpi egwuregwu ụwa mbụ ya n'èzí n'afọ 1991, ọ rụchaghị na ngwụcha ọsọ mita 10,000. Ihe nrite ya nke abụọ n'ụwa, ọla nchara, bịara na
1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championship ogologo ọsọ.