Diego Placente
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Diego Rodolfo Placente (born 24 April 1977) is an Argentine manager and former footballer who played as a left-back. He is the current manager of the Argentina U20 national team.
Club career
Born in Buenos Aires, Placente started playing professionally in 1996 with Argentinos Juniors, before moving to Argentine giant River Plate in 1997. He transferred to Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2001, where he played until 2005 when his contract expired. Subsequently, he turned down an offer from English club Everton FC to join Celta de Vigo. While at Leverkusen he played in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final.
In 2008, he returned to Argentina to play for San Lorenzo de Almagro. In the 2008 summer transfer window, he transferred to the French side of Bordeaux, and penned a two-year contract.[1] After finishing that contract, he returned to San Lorenzo on a free transfer.[2]
International career
He played his first match with the Argentina national football team in 2001, and was capped 22 times.
Career statistics
International
| Argentina national team[3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Argentinos Juniors
- River Plate
- Argentina Primera Division: 1997 Apertura, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Clausura
- Supercopa Libertadores: 1997
- Bayer Leverkusen
- DFB-Pokal Runner-up: 2001–02
- UEFA Champions League Runner-up: 2001–02
- Bordeaux
- Nacional
International
- Argentina U-20
- Argentina
- Copa América: Runner-up 2004
- FIFA Confederations Cup: Runner-up 2005
References
External links
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
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- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- RC Celta de Vigo players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Ligue 1 players
- La Liga players
- Bundesliga players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2004 Copa América players
- 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players
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