Diego Benaglio

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Personal information
Diego Benaglio
Full name	Diego Benaglio
Date of birth	September 8, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	193cm
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	CD Nacional
Youth clubs
1993-99 1998-99	FC Spreitenbach FC Baden
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-02 2002-05 2005-	Grasshoppers VfB Stuttgart CD Nacional	23 (0) 33 (0) 23 (0)
National team²
2006-	Switzerland	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Diego Benaglio (born 8 September 1983) is a Swiss Italian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for CD Nacional Madeira in the Portuguese Liga. He has dual citizenship.

Benaglio started his career with his Grasshoppers Zürich and played there for several seasons before moving to Germany to join VfB Stuttgart. After a brief period there, he joined CD Nacional. On the summer of 2006, it was rumored that Sevilla FC was to sign him - apparently the Spaniards intented to send him on loan to Second Division Real Valladolid - the player's refusal seems to have stopped the transfer and beacame first choice at CD Nacional Madeira as Henrique Hilário left for Chelsea FC.

Benaglio is a member of the Switzerland national team and was recently called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 World Cup.In the Swiss National team he is the number 3 goalie behind Pascal Zuberbühler and Fabio Coltorti.

	Switzerland squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Zuberbühler \| 2 Djourou \| 3 Magnin \| 4 Senderos \| 5 Margairaz \| 6 Vogel \| 7 Cabanas \| 8 Wicky \| 9 Frei \| 10 Gygax \| 11 Streller \| 12 Benaglio \| 13 Grichting \| 14 D. Degen \| 15 Džemaili \| 16 Barnetta \| 17 Spycher \| 18 Lustrinelli \| 19 Behrami \| 20 Müller \| 21 Coltorti \| 22 Yakın \| 23 P. Degen \| Coach: Kuhn