Diego Placente
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| Full name | Diego Rodolfo Placente | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Argentina U20 (manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Argentinos Juniors | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2001 | River Plate | 110 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Bayer Leverkusen | 123 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Celta Vigo | 59 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | San Lorenzo | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Bordeaux | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | San Lorenzo | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Nacional | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013[1] | Argentinos Juniors | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 394 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Argentina U20 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Argentina | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Argentinos Juniors (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2024 | Argentina U15 (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Argentina U17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Argentina U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[2] After finishing that contract, he returned to San Lorenzo on a free transfer.[3]
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[4] | ||
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| 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
- ^ "Placente es un cagón". Olé. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Bordeaux bag Placente". Sky Sports. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- ^ "Diego Placente vuelve a San Lorenzo". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 18 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ Diego Placente at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Official website
- Diego Placente at National-Football-Teams.com
- Argentine Primera statistics[usurped] at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Diego Placente at Soccerbase
- Leverkusen who's who (in German)
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