Diego Placente

Diego Placente strikes me as the quiet, cerebral type of defender. At 175 cm he was never the biggest left-back, yet he held a top-level career for years, which tells me he survived on positioning and reading the game rather than raw size. What impresses me most is his second act: managing Argentina's under-20 and under-17 sides. Being trusted to develop a football nation's next generation is no ceremonial post; it demands a deep understanding of the game. The idea that his job is essentially hunting for and shaping the next Messi is wildly romantic. Unglamorous, perhaps, but he holds Argentina's future.

Name (English)

Diego Placente

Name (Japanese)

ディエゴ・プラセンテ

Reading

でぃえご・ぷらせんて

Born

April 24, 1977 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

Origin

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Height

175 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.diegoplacente.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.