Diego Godín

Diego Roberto Godín Leal (born 16 February 1986) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who currently plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Cagliari and the Uruguay national football team. He has also played for Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Cerro, Nacional and Villarreal.

Diego Godin

Godin warming up with Uruguay
Personal information
Full name	Diego Roberto Godín Leal
Date of birth	(1986-02-16) February 16, 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Rosario, Uruguay
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Cagliari
Number	2
Youth career
	Defensor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2006	Cerro	63	(6)
2006–2007	Nacional	26	(0)
2007–2010	Villarreal	91	(4)
2010–2019	Atletico Madrid	277	(17)
2019–2020	Inter Milan	23	(1)
2020–	Cagliari	12	(1)
International career
2005-	Uruguay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[1][2][3]

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cerro	2003	Uruguayan Primera División	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2004	Uruguayan Primera División	14	0	1	0	—		—		15	0
	2005	Uruguayan Primera División	17	1	0	0	—		—		17	1
	2005–06	Uruguayan Primera División	30	5	0	0	—		—		30	5
	Total		63	6	1	0	—		—		64	6
Nacional	2006–07	Uruguayan Primera División	26	0	4	0	16[a]	2	—		46	2
Villarreal	2007–08	La Liga	24	1	3	0	7[b]	0	—		34	1
	2008–09	La Liga	31	0	0	0	7[c]	0	—		38	0
	2009–10	La Liga	36	3	2	0	6[d]	0	—		44	3
	Total		91	4	5	0	20	0	—		116	4
Atlético Madrid	2010–11	La Liga	25	0	1	1	3[d]	1	1[e]	0	30	2
	2011–12	La Liga	27	2	1	0	13[d]	1	—		41	3
	2012–13	La Liga	35	1	5	0	1[d]	0	1[e]	0	42	1
	2013–14	La Liga	34	4	5	2	10[c]	2	2[f]	0	51	8
	2014–15	La Liga	34	3	3	0	9[c]	1	2[f]	0	48	4
	2015–16	La Liga	31	1	3	0	12[c]	0	—		46	1
	2016–17	La Liga	31	3	5	0	11[c]	0	—		47	3
	2017–18	La Liga	30	0	3	1	12[g]	0	—		45	1
	2018–19	La Liga	30	3	2	0	6[c]	1	1[e]	0	39	4
	Total		277	17	28	4	77	6	7	0	389	27
Inter Milan	2019–20	Serie A	23	1	2	0	11[h]	1	—		36	2
Cagliari	2020–21	Serie A	28	1	0	0	—		—		28	1
	2021–22	Serie A	11	0	1	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		39	1	1	0	—		—		40	1
Atlético Mineiro	2022	Série A	1	0	1	0	2[i]	0	5[j]	1	9	1
Vélez Sarsfield	2022	Argentine Primera División	6	1	0	0	2[i]	0	—		8	1
	2023	Argentine Primera División	13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		19	1	1	0	2	0	—		22	1
Career total			539	30	43	4	128	9	12	1	722	44

1. Ten appearances and two goals in Copa Libertadores, six appearances in Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
6. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
7. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
8. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
9. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
10. Four appearances and one goal in Campeonato Mineiro, one appearance in Supercopa do Brasil

International

Godín (right) and Austria's Marc Janko in March 2014

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay	2005	1	0
	2006	9	3
	2007	8	0
	2008	9	0
	2009	9	0
	2010	7	0
	2011	9	0
	2012	9	0
	2013	14	0
	2014	11	1
	2015	11	3
	2016	9	1
	2017	7	0
	2018	11	0
	2019	11	0
	2020	4	0
	2021	14	0
	2022	8	0
Total		161	8

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.^[4]

List of international goals scored by Diego Godín

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 May 2006	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	1–1	1–1	Friendly
2	16 August 2006	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Egypt	1–0	2–0
3	18 October 2006	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Venezuela	1–0	4–0
4	24 June 2014	Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil	Italy	1–0	1–0	2014 FIFA World Cup
5	8 October 2015	Estadio Hernando Siles, Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	13 October 2015	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Colombia	1–0	3–0
7	17 November 2015		Chile	1–0	3–0
8	5 June 2016	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, United States	Mexico	1–1	1–3	Copa América Centenario

Honours

Godín (right) and Sebastián Coates celebrate winning the 2011 Copa América

Atlético Madrid

• La Liga: 2013–14^[5]
• Copa del Rey: 2012–13^[6]
• Supercopa de España: 2014^[7]
• UEFA Europa League: 2011–12,^[8] 2017–18^[9]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2010,^[10] 2012,^[11] 2018^[12]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2013–14,^[13] 2015–16^[14]

Inter Milan

• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2019–20^[15]

Atlético Mineiro

• Supercopa do Brasil: 2022^[16]
• Campeonato Mineiro: 2022

Uruguay

• Copa América: 2011^[17]
• China Cup: 2018,^[18] 2019^[19]

Individual

• La Liga Player of the Month: April 2014, May 2014^[20][21]
• La Liga Team of the Season: 2013–14, 2015–16^[22][23]
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14,^[24] 2015–16,^[25] 2016–17^[26]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2014^[27]
• UEFA Champions League Team of the group stage: 2015^[28]
• La Liga Best Defender: 2015–16^[23]
• UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2015–16^[29]
• European Sports Media Team of the Year: 2015–16^[30]
• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18^[31]
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2018^[32]
• IFFHS Men's World Team: 2018^[33]
• IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team^[34]