Diego Placente
Diego Rodolfo Placente is an Argentine manager and former footballer who played as a left-back. He is the current manager of the Argentina U20 national team and Argentina national under-17 football 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. After finishing that contract, he returned to San Lorenzo on a free transfer.
International career
Placente played his first match with the Argentina national team in 2001, and was capped 22 times.Honours
;Argentinos Juniors;River Plate
- Argentina Primera Division: 1996–97 [Argentine Primera División#Torneo Apertura|1997 Apertura], 1999 Apertura, 2000 Clausura
- Supercopa Libertadores: 1997
- DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2001–02
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2001–02
;Nacional
;Argentina U20
- South [American Youth Football Championship|South American Youth Championship]: 1997 [South American U-20 Championship|1997]
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1997 [FIFA World Youth Championship|1997]
- Copa América runner-up: 2004 [Copa América|2004]
- FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 2005