Diego Godín
Uruguayan footballer (born 1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Diego Roberto Godín Leal (born 16 February 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Porongos.
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Full name | Diego Roberto Godín Leal[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1986-02-16) 16 February 1986 (age 38)[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rosario, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Porongos | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Estudiantes El Colla | ||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Defensor | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2003–2006 | Cerro | 63 | (6) | |||||||||||
2006–2007 | Nacional | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||
2007–2010 | Villarreal | 91 | (4) | |||||||||||
2010–2019 | Atlético Madrid | 277 | (17) | |||||||||||
2019–2020 | Inter Milan | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||
2020–2022 | Cagliari | 39 | (1) | |||||||||||
2022 | Atlético Mineiro | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | Vélez Sarsfield | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||
2024– | Porongos (es) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 543 | (31) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Uruguay U20 | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
2005–2022 | Uruguay | 161 | (8) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation,[4][5][6] he started out at Cerro and three years later was transferred to Primera División side Nacional. He then spent the majority of his career in Spain, representing Villarreal and Atlético Madrid and winning eight titles with the latter club, including the La Liga championship in the 2013–14 season. He also played in Italy with Inter Milan and Cagliari, in Brazil with Atlético Mineiro and in Argentina with Vélez Sarsfield, retiring in 2023.
A Uruguay international from 2005 to 2022, Godín is the country's all-time most-capped player. He represented the national side at four World Cups and six Copa América tournaments, winning the 2011 edition of the latter competition.