Diego Benaglio
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Diego Benaglio | ||
Personal information | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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 | ||
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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 |
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