Diego Simeone

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Diego Simeone
Personal information
Full name	Diego Pablo Simeone
Date of birth	April 28, 1970 (age 36)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	177 cm
Nickname	El Cholo
Position	Manager (former midfielder)
Club information
Current club	Retired
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1987-1990 1990-1992 1992-1994 1994-1997 1997-1999 1999-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006	Vélez Sársfield Pisa Sevilla Atlético Madrid Internazionale Lazio Atlético Madrid Racing Club	76 (14) 55 (6) 64 (12) 105 (25) 75 (15) 120 (16) 36 (2) 17 (2)
National team
1988-2002	Argentina	106 (11)
Teams managed
2006 2006-	Racing Club Estudiantes
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Argentina
Men's Football
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition
Copa América wins with Argentina
1991 Chile
1993 Ecuador
La Liga de Fútbol Profesional Championships
1996 with Atlético Madrid
Copa del Rey Wins
1996 with Atlético Madrid
UEFA Cup
1998 with Inter Milan
European Super Cup Wins
1999 with S.S. Lazio
Serie A Championships
2000 with S.S. Lazio
Coppa Italia Wins
2000 with S.S. Lazio
SuperCoppa Italiana Wins
2000 with S.S. Lazio

Diego Pablo Simeone (born April 28, 1970 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football manager and former footballer. A midfielder, he is the most capped player ever for Argentina.

When Simeone was 14, his youth coach Victorio Spinetto nicknamed him Cholo after former Argentine international Carmelo Simeone (no relation). [1]

In his club career that started in 1987, Simeone played for Vélez Sarsfield, Pisa, Sevilla FC, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, and Lazio.

Contents 1 International Career 2 Managerial Career 2.1 Managerial Titles 3 References 4 External links

[edit] International Career

For the Argentine team, Simeone amassed 106 caps, the first coming in 1988. He played in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups. As a defensive player, Simeone scored 11 goals for his country. He was considered a great leader on the pitch. He was also a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

During the 1998 World Cup, David Beckham was sent off for kicking Simeone in retaliation for a foul. (see also Argentina and England football rivalry). Simeone later admitted to feigning injury from the kick, in order to get Beckham expelled^[1]. In the following match, against Netherlands, Simeone was injured by a tackle during his team's defeat. In the 2002 World Cup, Argentina was eliminated in the group stage.

A sometimes intimidating figure on the pitch (the Argentine press used to describe Simeone as carrying "a knife between his teeth"), Simeone is humble off it, admitting to being "embarrassed" to having surpassed Diego Maradona as Argentina's most capped player.

[edit] Managerial Career

Simeone ended his playing career for Racing Club, playing his last match on 17 February 2006, and then becoming manager for the same team. After a rough start, the team made an impressive finish in the 2006 Clausura. When ownership of the club changed hands Simeone left Racing in May 2006 and was replaced with Reinaldo Merlo.

On May 18, he became head coach of Estudiantes de La Plata, he soon led them to their first League title in 23 years after defeating Boca Juniors 2-1 in a final match played December 13, 2006.

In an October 2006 poll in the sports daily Ole, Simeone was voted as the best manager in the Argentine league [2]. He was also praised as a "born manager" by former Argentine international Roberto Perfumo [3].

[edit] Managerial Titles

Season	Club	Title
Apertura 2006	Estudiantes	Primera Division Argentina

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile and Statistics at yahoo.com

	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

	Argentina squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Roa | 2 Ayala | 3 Chamot | 4 Pineda | 5 Almeyda | 6 Sensini | 7 López | 8 Simeone | 9 Batistuta | 10 Ortega | 11 Verón | 12 Burgos | 13 Paz | 14 Vivas | 15 Astrada | 16 Berti | 17 Cavallero | 18 Balbo | 19 Crespo | 20 Gallardo | 21 Delgado | 22 Zanetti | Coach: Passarella

	Argentina squad - 1994 World Cup
1 Goycochea | 2 Vázquez | 3 Chamot | 4 Sensini | 5 Redondo | 6 Ruggeri | 7 Caniggia | 8 Basualdo | 9 Batistuta | 10 Maradona | 11 Medina Bello | 12 Islas | 13 Cáceres | 14 Simeone | 15 Borelli | 16 Díaz | 17 Ortega | 18 Pérez | 19 Balbo | 20 Rodríguez | 21 Mancuso | 22 Scoponi | Coach: Basile