Diego Benaglio

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Personal information
Diego Benaglio

Date of birth	September 8, 1983 (1983-09-08) (age 24)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	16
Youth clubs
1993–1998 1998 1999 1999	FC Spreitenbach FC Baden FC Spreitenbach FC Baden
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2002 2002–2005 2005–2007 2008–	Grasshoppers VfB Stuttgart C.D. Nacional VfL Wolfsburg	023 0(0) 037 0(0) 061 0(0) 017 0(0)
National team²
2006–	Switzerland	011 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 3, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 30, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Diego Benaglio (born September 8, 1983) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.

[edit] Club career

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 C.D. Nacional where he eventually became first choice as Henrique Hilário left for Chelsea F.C. On January 22, 2008 he moved to VfL Wolfsburg. He made his debut on January 29, helping his team advance to the quarterfinals of the DFB Cup.

[edit] International career

Benaglio is a member of the Swiss national team and was called up to the squad for the 2006 World Cup. During this competition he was third choice goalkeeper behind Pascal Zuberbühler and Fabio Coltorti. With consistently good performances in 2008, he was promoted to first choice goalkeeper for Euro 2008 in his home country.

[edit] External links

(German) Career stats at fussballdaten.de

v • d • e 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

v • d • e Switzerland squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Benaglio • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Lichtsteiner • 6 Huggel • 7 Cabanas • 8 İnler • 9 Frei • 10 H. Yakın • 11 Streller • 12 Derdiyok • 13 Grichting • 14 Gygax • 15 G. Fernandes • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Zuberbühler • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Jakupović • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn

v • d • e

VfL Wolfsburg – current squad

1 Jentzsch • 2 Quiroga • 3 Van der Heyden • 4 Schäfer • 5 R. Costa • 6 Simunek • 7 Josué • 8 Baier • 9 Džeko • 10 Krzynówek • 11 Laas • 12 Lenz • 13 Hasebe • 14 Santana • 15 Lamprecht • 16 Benaglio • 17 Madlung • 18 Makiadi • 20 Riether • 21 Platins • 22 Alex • 23 Grafite • 24 Dejagah • 25 Gentner • 26 Evljuskin • 27 Thiam • 28 Hill • 30 Rama • 31 Öztürk • 32 Marcelinho • 33 Reiche • 34 Deumeland • 36 Niang • 37 Karimov • 40 Ljuboja • Manager: Magath