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Diego Placente 
Personal information Full name Diego Rodolfo Placente Date of birth 24 April 1977 Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Playing position Left back Club information Current club Nacional Number - 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– Nacional 0 (0) National team‡ 2000–2005 Argentina 22 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:51, 18 December 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:51, 18 December 2010 (UTC)Diego Rodolfo Placente (born 24 April 1977 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays at left-back for Nacional.
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Career
Club
Placente started playing professionally in 1996 with Argentinos Juniors, before moving to Argentine giant River Plate in 1997. He transferred to Bayer 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. Whilst 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]
National team
He played his first match with the Argentina national football team in 2001, and was capped 22 times.
National team statistics
Argentina national team Year Apps Goals 2000 1 0 2001 2 0 2002 5 0 2003 6 0 2004 6 0 2005 2 0 Total 22 0 Personal life
Placente is married and his wife is Jewish. Because of this, he was subject of transfer talk to Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. It was his wife though who was uninterested in moving to Israel, and the transfer never took place.[4]
Honors and awards
- FIFA World Youth Championship: 1997
- Bundesliga (football) runner-up: 2002
- UEFA Champions League finalist: 2002
- German Cup finalist: 2002
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2009
- Ligue 1: 2008–09
- Trophée des Champions: 2009
References
- ^ "Bordeaux bag Placente". Sky Sports. 2008-07-28. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11800_3878838,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ "Diego Placente vuelve a San Lorenzo" (in Spanish). Cancha Llena. 2010-07-18. http://www.canchallena.com/1286039-diego-placente-vuelve-a-san-lorenzo. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=307
- ^ Bar Dayan, Shirley (2008-06-12). "מכבי ת"א תציע 250 אלף יורו על פלאסנטה" (in Hebrew). Sport 5. http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=39382&lang=HE. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
External links
- Official website
- Diego Placente at National-Football-Teams.com
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- Diego Placente career stats at Soccerbase
- Leverkusen who's who
Argentina squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Burgos • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Pochettino • 5 Almeyda • 6 Samuel • 7 C. López • 8 Zanetti • 9 Batistuta • 10 Ortega • 11 Verón (c) • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Simeone • 15 Husaín • 16 Aimar • 17 G. López • 18 K. González • 19 Crespo • 20 Gallardo • 21 Caniggia • 22 Chamot • 23 Bonano • Coach: Bielsa
Argentina squad – 2004 Copa América Runners-up 1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala (c) • 3 Sorín • 4 Quiroga • 5 Mascherano • 6 Heinze • 7 Saviola • 8 Zanetti • 9 Figueroa • 10 D'Alessandro • 11 Tévez • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Rodriguez • 15 Fernández • 16 L.González • 17 M.González • 18 K.González • 19 Delgado • 20 Medina • 21 Rosales • 22 Coloccini • Coach: BielsaArgentina squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Franco • 2 Samuel • 3 Sorín (c) • 4 Zanetti • 5 Cambiasso • 6 Heinze • 7 Tévez • 8 Riquelme • 9 Saviola • 10 Aimar • 11 Delgado • 12 Lux • 13 G. Rodríguez • 14 Milito • 15 Placente • 16 Coloccini • 17 Bernardi • 18 Santana • 19 M. Rodríguez • 20 Demichelis • 21 Figueroa • 22 Galletti • 23 Caballero • Coach: PekermanSan Lorenzo de Almagro – current squad 1 Champagne · 2 Tula · 3 Bozzoni · 4 Luna · 5 Ortigoza · 6 Bottinelli · 7 Menseguez · 8 Kalinski · 9 Romeo · 10 Romagnoli · 11 Tellechea · 12 Mastrolía · 13 Meza · 14 Pedrozo · 15 Cabrera · 16 Bianchi Arce · 17 Gutiérrez · 18 San Román · 19 Salgueiro · 20 Carmona · 22 Migliore · 23 Reynoso · 24 Ramírez · 25 Alvarado · 26 Benítez · 27 Palomino · 28 Bazán · 29 Méndez · 30 Lamanna · 31 Gigliotti · 32 Ferrari · 33 González · 36 A. Martínez · 38 de Vico · 39 D. Martínez · 40 Aguirre · Manager: AsadCategories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- River Plate footballers
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- La Liga footballers
- Celta de Vigo footballers
- San Lorenzo footballers
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Ligue 1 players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2004 Copa América players
- 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
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