Diego Placente

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Personal information
Diego Placente
Full name	Diego Rodolfo Placente
Date of birth	24 April 1977 (1977-04-24) (age 31)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.75 m
Playing position	Left Back Left Wing-Back
Club information
Current club	San Lorenzo
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1997 1997–2001 2001–2005 2005–2007 2008-	Argentinos Juniors River Plate Bayer Leverkusen Celta de Vigo San Lorenzo	36 (0) 110 (5) 133 (3) 58 (0) 10 (0)
National team²
2000-	Argentina	22 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Diego Rodolfo Placente (born 24 April 1977 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays at left-back for San Lorenzo de Almagro.

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, he turned down an offer from English club Everton to join Celta de Vigo. He played his first match with the Argentina national football team in 2000, and was capped 22 times (as of January 2005).

In 2008 he returned to Argentina to play for San Lorenzo de Almagro.

[edit] Honors and awards

FIFA World Youth Championship: 1997
Bundesliga (football) runner-up: 2002
UEFA Champions League finalist: 2002
German Cup finalist: 2002

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v • d • e 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 • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Simeone • 15 Husaín • 16 Aimar • 17 G. López • 18 González • 19 Crespo • 20 Gallardo • 21 Caniggia • 22 Chamot • 23 Bonano • Coach: Bielsa

v • d • e Argentina squad - 2004 Copa América

1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 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: Bielsa

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Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro – current squad

1 Orión • 2 González • 3 Chávez • 5 Acevedo • 6 Bottinelli • 7 Silvera • 8 Rivero • 9 Romeo • 10 D'Alessandro • 11 Torres • 12 Champagne • 13 Placente • 14 Cadelago • 15 Acosta • 16 Bianchi Arce • 17 Méndez • 18 Hirsig • 19 Menseguez • 20 Aguirre • 21 Tula • 22 Voboril • 23 Bilos • 24 Centeno • 25 Alvarado • 26 Formica • 27 Ruiz • 32 Bergessio • 33 M. Díaz • 34 E. Díaz • 55 Torres • — Peirone • Manager: R. Díaz