Diego Barreto
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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Diego Daniel Barreto Cáceres | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1981 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Lambaré, Paraguay | ||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||
| Current club | Cerro Porteño | ||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1996–2004 | Cerro Porteño | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||
| 2003–2007 | Cerro Porteño | 86 | (0) | ||||||
| 2005 | → Almería (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||
| 2007 | Newell's Old Boys | 0 | (0) | ||||||
| 2008 | → Cerro Porteño (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||
| 2008 | Locarno | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 2009 | Sol de América | 19 | (0) | ||||||
| 2009– | Cerro Porteño | 94 | (0) | ||||||
| National team | |||||||||
| 2001 | Paraguay U-20 | ? | (?) | ||||||
| 2004 | Paraguay U-23 | ? | (?) | ||||||
| 2004– | Paraguay | 13 | (0) | ||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 June 2010. † Appearances (Goals). | |||||||||
Diego Daniel Barreto Cáceres (born 16 July 1981) is a Paraguayan football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Cerro Porteño in the Paraguayan Primera División.
Diego is the brother of fellow Paraguayan footballer, Édgar Barreto.
Career
Barreto started his career with the club Cerro Porteño, where he was trained by Modesto Sandoval and was teammates with Aldo Bobadilla. He developed in the youth divisions of Cerro.
Barreto was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan football team in the 2004 Olympics. Paraguay booked a quarter-final place with two victories in the qualifying group. The squad finished first, and then beat South Korea in the quarter-finals and Iraq in the semi-finals, before losing to Argentina in the final.
In 2007, Barreto had a spell with Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, but failed to break into the first team, returning to Paraguay in January 2008. However, he signed again for the Paraguayan team in July 2008.
He also holds Italian passport.
In 2008 he spent a month with FC Locarno. He played in only one match, allowing 4 goals in the derby against FC Lugano. Barreto has since returned to Cerro Porteño. [citation needed]
Diego is known for his quick reflexes and for commanding the defense. That makes him one of the best Paraguayan goalkeepers.
Honours
Cerro Porteño
- Paraguayan Primera División (3): 2004, 2005, 2009 Apertura
Paraguay U-23
- Silver Medal at the Summer Olympics (1): 2004 Athens
External links
- (Spanish) BDFA profile
- profile @ www.football.ch
- Diego Barreto at National-Football-Teams.com
- Diego Barreto – FIFA competition record
