| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Fernando Klimowicz | ||
| Date of birth | 6 July 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Instituto | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Instituto | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1996 | Instituto | 57 | (12) |
| 1996–1997 | Rayo Vallecano | 34 | (11) |
| 1997–1999 | Valladolid | 41 | (4) |
| 1999–2001 | Lanús | 51 | (23) |
| 2001–2007 | VfL Wolfsburg | 149 | (57) |
| 2007–2008 | Borussia Dortmund | 28 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | VfL Bochum | 26 | (8) |
| 2011– | Instituto | 7 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:33, 26 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Diego Fernando Klimowicz (born 6 July 1974) is an Argentine football forward who plays for Instituto.
Klimowicz started his career at Instituto in the Argentine Primera B Nacional (second division) in 1993.[1] In 1996, he was sold to Rayo Vallecano of the Spanish La Liga but at the end of that first season with the club, they were relegated to the Segunda División (second division).[2] In his second season, Rayo finished 8th, failing to regain their place in the first division, but halfway through, in January 1998 he was sold to Real Valladolid of La Liga, and after only one and a half seasons with the club he returned to Argentina to play for Lanús.[3] In December 2001, he was transferred to VfL Wolfsburg.[4] In May 2007, he joined Borussia Dortmund on a 2 year contract.[5] In the winter transfer window 2008-09, he transferred to VfL Bochum. On 2 March 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football due to a hip injury.[6]
However, on December 24, 2010, Klimowicz decided to come back from retirement and re-joined his first team, Instituto, in the Argentine second division. He signed a one-year contract.[7]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | League | Cup | Total | |||||
| 1993–94 | Instituto | Nacional B | ||||||
| 1994–95 | ||||||||
| 1995–96 | ||||||||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Total | |||||
| 1996–97 | Rayo Vallecano | Primera División | 34 | 11 | ||||
| 1997–98 | Segunda División | |||||||
| 1997–98 | Real Valladolid | Primera División | 20 | 3 | ||||
| 1998–99 | 21 | 1 | ||||||
| Argentina | League | Cup | Total | |||||
| 1999–00 | Lanús | Primera División | ||||||
| 2000–01 | ||||||||
| 2001–02 | ||||||||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Total | |||||
| 2001–02 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 |
| 2002–03 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | ||
| 2003–04 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 16 | ||
| 2004–05 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | ||
| 2005–06 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 13 | ||
| 2006–07 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 10 | ||
| 2007–08 | Borussia Dortmund | 28 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 10 | |
| 2008–09 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2008–09 | VfL Bochum | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| 2009–10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | ||
| Total | Argentina | |||||||
| Spain | ||||||||
| Germany | 213 | 71 | 19 | 14 | 232 | 85 | ||
| Career total | ||||||||
Diego is the older brother of Javier Klimowicz, who plays for the Ecuadorian national team. His grandfather was born in Poland before Second World War in territory, which belongs to Ukraine now.[8]