Diego Cagna

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Diego Cagna
Full name	Diego Sebastián Cagna
Date of birth	April 19, 1970 (1970-04-19) (age 38)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
	Argentinos Juniors
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1992 1992-1996 1996-1999 1999-2002 2002 2003-2005	Argentinos Juniors Independiente Boca Juniors Villarreal CF Atlético Celaya Boca Juniors	201 (12) 26 (3) 105 (9) 27 (0) 67 (3) 62 (7)
National team
1992-1999	Argentina	9 (1)
Teams managed
2006-present	Tigre
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Medal record
Competitor for Argentina
Men's Football
Pan American Games
Gold	1995 Mar del Plata	Team Competition

Diego Sebastián Cagna (born April 19, 1970 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine professional football midfielder, he currently works as the manager of Argentine side Club Atlético Tigre.

His first professional first division match was in December 1988, with Argentinos Juniors. He transferred to Independiente at the beginning of 1992, where he played for 4 years.

Cagna played then with Boca Juniors from the Apertura 1996 until the end of 1999 when, at 29 years of age and after winning the Clausura 1999, he moved to Spanish Villarreal CF. He played 3 seasons with the Yellow Submarine, and after playing the Apertura 2002 with Mexican Atlético Celaya, he returned to Boca Juniors in 2003.

With the Argentine national football team he won the Confederations Cup 1992, and participated of the Copa América 1999. His only goal for the national team was in April 15, 1998 friendly match against Israel in Jerusalem, which Argentina lost 2-1 ^[1].

Diego Cagna, who was team captain with Independiente, Boca Juniors and Villareal, eventually became a reserve player behind Boca Juniors' promising youngsters, and retired in 2005. All in all, he played a total of 255 games for Boca, scoring 21 goals.

In December 2006, he became Tigre's coach, for his first coaching job, taking it to first division in only one season. Tigre's first year in the major division is an unqualified success with Tigre finishing in 2nd place Tigre's highest ever finish in the top division, winning Cagna much applause from fans and press ^[2].

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Season	Club	Title
1992	Argentina	Confederations Cup
Apertura 1998	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
Clausura 1999	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
Apertura 2003	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
2003	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2003	Boca Juniors	Copa Intercontinental
2004	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
Apertura 2005	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
2005	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
2005	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana

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Club Atlético Tigre – current squad

1 Islas • 2 Leyes • 3 Blengio • 4 Morero • 5 Castaño • 6 Martínez • 7 Ayala • 8 Galmarini • 9 Diz • 10 Morel • 11 Altobelli • 12 Alessandría • 16 Cuéllar • 17 Giménez • 18 Rusculleda • 19 Ereros • 20 Pasini • 21 Abud • 22 Stang • 23 Paparatto • 24 Torres • 25 San Román • 26 Rodríguez • 27 Ardente • 29 Fontanello • 30 Espinoza • 31 Blanco • 32 Pratto • 34 Pistelli • Manager: Cagna