Diego Simeone

Diego Simeone (born 28 April 1970) is a former Argentine football player. He has played for the Argentina national team. He is now the manager of Atlético Madrid.

Diego Simeone

Personal information
Full name	Diego Pablo Simeone
Date of birth	(1970-04-28) 28 April 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Atlético Madrid (manager)
Youth career
	Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1990	Vélez Sársfield	76	(14)
1990–1992	Pisa	56	(6)
1992–1994	Sevilla	64	(12)
1994–1997	Atlético Madrid	98	(21)
1997–1999	Inter Milan	57	(11)
1999–2003	Lazio	90	(15)
2003–2005	Atlético Madrid	36	(2)
2005–2006	Racing Club	38	(3)
Total		515	(84)
National team
1989	Argentina U20	4	(1)
1996	Argentina U23	6	(1)
1988–2002	Argentina	108[1]	(11)
Teams managed
2006	Racing Club
2006–2007	Estudiantes
2007–2008	River Plate
2009–2010	San Lorenzo
2011	Catania
2011	Racing Club
2011–	Atlético Madrid
Honours Representing  Argentina Copa América Winner 1991 Chile Team Winner 1993 Ecuador Team King Fahd Cup Winner 1992 Saudi Arabia Team CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Winner 1993 Argentina Team Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Source:^[2]

Club	Season	League			National cup[lower-alpha 1]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vélez Sársfield	1987–88	Primera División	28	4							28	4
	1988–89		16	2							16	2
	1989–90		32	8							32	8
	Total		76	14							76	14
Pisa	1990–91	Serie A	32	4	1	0	—		—		33	4
	1991–92	Serie B	24	2	4	0	—		—		28	2
	Total		56	6	5	0	—		—		61	6
Sevilla	1992–93	La Liga	33	4	2	0	—		—		35	4
	1993–94		31	8	7	4	—		—		38	12
	Total		64	12	9	4	—		—		73	16
Atlético Madrid	1994–95	La Liga	29	6	8	2	—		—		37	8
	1995–96		37	12	8	0	—		—		45	12
	1996–97		32	3	3	0	7[lower-alpha 2]	4	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	44	7
	Total		98	21	19	2	7	4	2	0	126	27
Inter Milan	1997–98	Serie A	30	6	2	0	9[lower-alpha 4]	1	—		41	7
	1998–99		27	5	7	0	9[lower-alpha 2]	2	—		43	7
	Total		57	11	9	0	18	3	—		84	14
Lazio	1999–2000	Serie A	28	5	7	2	11[lower-alpha 2]	0	1[lower-alpha 5]	0	47	7
	2000–01		30	2	2	0	8[lower-alpha 2]	1	1[lower-alpha 6]	0	41	3
	2001–02		8	1	0	0	5[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		13	1
	2002–03		24	7	4	0	7[lower-alpha 4]	0	—		35	7
	Total		90	15	13	2	31	1	2	0	136	18
Atlético Madrid	2003–04	La Liga	28	2	4	0	—		—		32	2
	2004–05		8	0	1	0	6	1	—		15	1
	Total		36	2	5	0	6	1	—		47	3
Racing	2004–05	Primera División	18	2	—		—		—		18	2
	2005–06		20	1	—		—		—		20	1
	Total		38	3	—		—		—		38	3
Career total			515	84	60	8	62	9	4	0	641	101

1. Includes Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in Supercopa de España
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup
5. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
6. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

International

Source:^[3]

Argentina
Year	Apps	Goals
1988	2	1
1989	3	0
1990	1	0
1991	9	2
1992	3	1
1993	13	1
1994	10	0
1995	8	2
1996	6	2
1997	9	1
1998	12	0
1999	11	1
2000	11	0
2001	6	0
2002	2	0
Total	106	11

International goals

Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Simeone goal.^[4]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 July 1988	Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–0	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
2	12 July 1991	Estadio Municipal, Concepción, Chile	Paraguay	2–0	4–1	1991 Copa América
3	21 July 1991	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile	Colombia	1–0	2–1
4	20 October 1992	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	3–0	3–1	1992 King Fahd Cup Final
5	23 June 1993	Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil, Ecuador	Colombia	1–0	1–1	1993 Copa América
6[lower-alpha 1]	22 June 1995	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina	Slovakia League	5–0	6–0[5]	Friendly
7	11 July 1995	Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú, Uruguay	Chile	2–0	4–0	1995 Copa América
8[lower-alpha 1]	20 June 1996	Tucumán, Argentina	Poland B League	–	2–0	Copa La Gaceta
9	9 October 1996	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	3–1	5–2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	8 June 1997	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	2–0	2–0
11	1 July 1999	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque, Paraguay		1–0	3–1	1999 Copa América

1. The matches against Slovakia League (22 June 1995, Mendoza), in which Simeone scored 1 goal, and against Poland B League (20 June 1996, Tucumán), in which Simeone also scored 1 goal, were originally considered full international matches by the Argentine FA, but later removed from the list of official matches.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 7 November 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Racing Club	18 February 2006	4 May 2006	14	5	3	6	035.71
Estudiantes La Plata	18 May 2006	3 December 2007	60	34	15	11	056.67
River Plate	15 December 2007	7 November 2008	45	20	13	12	044.44
San Lorenzo	15 April 2009	3 April 2010	50	22	9	19	044.00
Catania	19 January 2011	1 June 2011	18	7	3	8	038.89	[6]
Racing Club	21 June 2011	23 December 2011	20	8	10	2	040.00
Atlético Madrid	23 December 2011	Present	643	380	148	115	059.10
Total			850	476	201	173	056.00

References

1. "AFA rinde homenaje a Messi y Kun Agüero por su récord de partidos".
2. "Diego Simeone". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
3. "Diego Pablo Simeone – Century of International Appearances". Rsssf.com. 15 June 2002.
4. "Diego Simeone: Argentina International Goals – Senior Level". Mundo Albiceleste. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
5. "Argentina VS Slovakia, 22 June 1995". Retrieved 16 August 2018.
6. "Simeone: Diego Pablo Simeone González: Matches 2010–11". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 January 2019.