Diego Albanese

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Diego Albanese (born September 17, 1973 in Mar del Plata) is an Argentinian rugby union player. He is a winger, who played for the San Isidro Club in Argentina, French side Grenoble and Gloucester. Albenese made 17 appearances for Gloucester scoring three tries.

He has won 55 caps for Argentina including appearances at both the 1999 and 2003 World Cups. He became famous after scoring the winning try in the World Cup pool match against Ireland in the 1999 World Cup that put Argentina into their first ever quarter final.

Albanese joined Leeds Tykes in 2002 on a two year contract. He made his debut against Leicester Tigers in August 2002 and helped his new side to a 26-13 win. In his first season 2002-2003 Diego made 18 starts in the Zurich Premiership scoring one try, a match winner against Harlequins at Headingley. After returning from the World Cup in 2003, he went on to make eight more starts in the Zurich Premiership scoring one try, Diego was also a try scorer for Leeds Tykes in the Heineken Cup, in the loss to the reigning European Champions Toulouse at Headingley.

Albanese left the Tykes at the end of the 2004/05 season.