Diego Godín

To me, Diego Godin embodies everything I admire about old-school defending. Coming from a small town in Uruguay's Colonia Department and rising to be called one of his generation's best center-backs is no accident; it speaks to relentless will. What draws me to him isn't statistics but presence, the way he organized a backline and threw his body into the fight. I have always believed teams win because of unglamorous leaders like him. He carries that fierce Uruguayan spirit, and honestly he is the kind of player I find easy to respect and impossible to forget.

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Name (English)

Diego Godín

Name (Japanese)

ディエゴ・ゴディン

Reading

でぃえご・ごでぃん

Born

February 16, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Rosario, Colonia Department, Uruguay

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Tiger

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/diegogodin/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego%20God%C3%ADn
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214903

Tags

• Colonia Department
• association football player

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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