Diego Simeone

Diego Simeone is the rare figure I respect more for stubbornness than for genius. Since December 2011 he has run Atlético Madrid like a creed: defend, suffer, believe, repeat. In an era that worships possession aesthetics, Cholo built a counterargument out of sweat and made it outlast almost every managerial reign in Europe. The midfielder he once was — snarling, cynical, relentless — never really retired; he just put on a suit. I will not pretend his football is always pleasant to watch, but as a study in willpower and identity, nobody in the modern game teaches more than Simeone does.

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Name (English)

Diego Simeone

Name (Japanese)

ディエゴ・シメオネ

Reading

でぃえご・しめおね

Born

April 28, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dog

Awards & achievements

• 2019 Outstanding Citizen of Buenos Aires

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/simeone/
• Xhttps://x.com/Simeone
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego%20Simeone
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8D
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q258115

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.