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My Take
Colotto is the archetype I quietly admire: a central defender who spent his prime not at home in Argentina but abroad, anchoring Deportivo and Espanyol in Spain after starting at Estudiantes. Crossing oceans to hold down a back line for years takes more than height and timing; it requires temperament. Defenders rarely make the highlight packages, yet they decide more matches than the scorers ever admit. I respect the steadiness it takes to be the player a club builds its shape around. His career reads as a study in dependability, and that, to me, is its own kind of distinction worth recording here.
Overview
Diego Daniel Colotto (born 10 March 1981) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a central defender. After starting out at Estudiantes he went on to spend most of his professional career in Spain, with Deportivo and Espanyol.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Diego Colotto
- Name (Japanese)
- ディエゴ・コレット
- Reading
- でぃえご・これっと
- Born
- March 10, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- Río Cuarto, Córdoba Province, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 184 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.