Diego Klimowicz

Diego Klimowicz
Personal information
Full name Diego Fernando Klimowicz
Date of birth (1974-07-06) 6 July 1974
Place of birth Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Instituto 57 (12)
1996–1997 Rayo Vallecano 46 (12)
1998–1999 Valladolid 41 (4)
1999–2001 Lanús 77 (41)
2001–2007 VfL Wolfsburg 149 (57)
2007–2008 Borussia Dortmund 38 (6)
2009–2010 VfL Bochum 26 (8)
2011 Instituto 8 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:33, 26 August 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Diego Fernando Klimowicz (born 6 July 1974) is a retired Argentine footballer who last played for Instituto.

Career

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 eighth, 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 2001 there were talks of him playing either for the Ukraine national football team or the Poland national football team, but at the end nothing became materialized. In December 2001, he was transferred to VfL Wolfsburg.[4] In May 2007, he joined Borussia Dortmund on a two.year contract.[5][6] 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.[7]

However, on 24 December 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.[8]

Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup Total
1993–94InstitutoNacional B
1994–95
1995–96
Spain League Copa del Rey Total
1996–97Rayo VallecanoPrimera División3411
1997–98Segunda División121
1997–98Real ValladolidPrimera División203
1998–99211
Argentina League Cup Total
1999–00LanúsPrimera División33163316
2000–0130173017
2001–02148148
Germany League DFB-Pokal Total
2001–02VfL WolfsburgBundesliga1710101810
2002–0325722279
2003–043315213516
2004–0527710287
2005–062612112713
2006–07216342410
2007–08Borussia Dortmund286643410
2008–0910011111
2008–09VfL Bochum11400114
2009–1015421175
Argentina League Cup Total
2010–11InstitutoNacional B8181
Total Argentina 00
Spain
Germany 21371191423285
Career total

Honours

Club

Borussia Dortmund

Personal life

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.[9]

References

  1. "Klimowicz: Tourist oder Debütant" (in German). kicker.de. 6 December 2001. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. "Mercato: Diego Klimowicz, Marcell Jansen" (in Spanish). footgol. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. ""Gegen 80.000 ist es besonders schwer"" (in German). bundesliga.de. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. "Diego Klimowicz – Saison 2001/2002" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  5. [http://www.fc-koeln.de/index.php?id=723&tx_ttnews[cat]=3&tx_ttnews[pS]=1257030000&tx_ttnews[pL]=2591999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4428&tx_ttnews[backPid]=722&cHash=3a33f9d502 1. FC Köln: Interview mit Diego Klimowicz]
  6. [http://www.fc-koeln.de/index.php?id=723&tx_ttnews[cat]=3&tx_ttnews[pS]=1257030000&tx_ttnews[pL]=2591999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4428&tx_ttnews[backPid]=722&cHash=3a33f9d502 "Interview mit Diego Klimowicz"] (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  7. "Klimowicz: Scout in Argentinien" (in German). vfl-bochum.de. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  8. "Granadero para la Gloria". Olé (in Spanish). 24 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  9. "Klimowicz woli Polskę od Ukrainy?" (in Polish). sport.pl. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
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