UC Riverside

Career Finished his UCR career ranked first in game-winning goals and games played, and second in points and goals scored ...

2011 Named Big West Co-Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Big West ... Led the Highlanders in goals and points, and finished tied for the team lead in assists ... Ranked third in the conference in points per game, tied for second in goals per game and tied for first in game-wiinning goals ... His four game-winning goals on the season set a single-season Highlanders record ... His game-winning goals came in a 1-0 win over Saint Mary's on September 11 (box score/recap), a 2-1 victory at Jacksonvile on September 25 (box score/recap), a 3-2 win at #15 UC Santa Barbara on October 22 (box score/recap), and a 3-2 victory at #9 UC Irvine on October 29 (box score/recap)...

2010 Named to the Big West Conference Honorable Mention Team (story) ... Led the Highlanders in points, tied for the team lead in goals scored and finished third in assists ... Had three game-winning goals on the season—in a 1-0 win over Biola on September 13 (box score/recap), a 2-1 overtime victory at Cal State Northridge on October 30 (box score/recap), and a 1-0 shutout of UC Davis on November 3 (box score/recap) ... Was one of two UCR players to participate in all 18 matches ... His 15 starts on the year were tied for the third most on the team ...

2009 Finished second on the team in goals scored and third in points ... Was one of three members of the Highlanders to play in all 18 matches ...

2008 His 19 matches played were tied for the most by any UCR freshman on the year ... Finished second on the team in points, goals scored, shots and shots on goal while tying for the team lead in assists ... Saw his first action and scored his first career goal for the Highlanders in a 3-1 loss at Cal on August 29 (box score) ... Picked up his first collegiate start on October 5 in a 3-0 loss to Saint Louis (box score) ... Picked up three points on a game-winning goal and an assist in a 3-1 win over Oral Roberts on September 12 (box score) ...

High School Attended Ruben Ayala High School ... Played in Universita de deportes in Peru ... Played for PSG for one year and for Arsenal for six years ... Won the league championship twice in a row ... Also won the Pats Cup, the Arsenal Cup on three occasions, the Arsenal games on three occasions and the NHB Cup twice ...

Personal Parents are Patricia and Victor Diaz ... Majoring in business/accounting ... His relative, Claudio Pizarro, plays for Chelsea of the English Premier League ...Roots for Machester United and Arsenal ... His favorite athletes are French striker Zinedine Yazid Zidane, Argentinian striker Diego Maradona and Brazilian striker Ronaldo Luis Naza’rio de Lima ... Considers Danger Zone and Almost Dead to be his favorite books ... Enjoys dining on seafood and rice ... Lists “The Real World,” “South Park” and “Fox Sport”s among his favorite TV shows ... “Super Bad,” “8 Mile” and “Tokyo Drift” are his favorite movies ... Listens to Lil Wayne, Linkin Park and Red Hot Chili Peppers ...

Cesar Diaz Pizarro's Career Statistics