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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Simeone and the second or maternal family name is Gonz\u00e1lez.

Diego Simeone

Simeone as Atl\u00e9tico Madrid manager in 2019

Personal information

Full name

\nDiego Pablo Simeone Gonz\u00e1lez^[1]

Date of birth

\n28 April 1970 (age 54)^[2]

Place of birth

\nBuenos Aires, Argentina

Height

\n1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)^[2]^[3]

Position(s)

\nMidfielder

Team information

Current team

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid (manager)

Youth career

\nV\u00e9lez S\u00e1rsfield

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1987\u20131990

\nV\u00e9lez S\u00e1rsfield

\n76

\n(14)

1990\u20131992

\nPisa

\n56

\n(6)

1992\u20131994

\nSevilla

\n64

\n(12)

1994\u20131997

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid

\n98

\n(21)

1997\u20131999

\nInter Milan

\n57

\n(11)

1999\u20132003

\nLazio

\n90

\n(15)

2003\u20132005

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid

\n36

\n(2)

2005\u20132006

\nRacing Club

\n38

\n(3)

Total

\n515

\n(84)

International career

1989

\nArgentina U20

\n4

\n(1)

1996

\nArgentina U23

\n6

\n(1)

1988\u20132002

\nArgentina

\n108^[4]

\n(11)

Managerial career

2006

2006\u20132007

2007\u20132008

2009\u20132010

2011

\nCatania

2011

\nRacing Club

2011\u2013

\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Argentina\n
Copa Am\u00e9rica\n
Winner	1991 Chile	\n
Winner	1993 \tEcuador	\n
FIFA Confederations Cup\n
Winner	1992 Saudi Arabia	\n
CONMEBOL\u2013UEFA Cup of Champions\n
Winner	1993 Argentina	\n
Olympic Games\n
$\"Silver$	1996 Atlanta	Team\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Pablo Simeone Gonz\u00e1lez (Spanish pronunciation: [\u02c8dje\u0263o \u02c8pa\u03b2lo sime\u02c8one]; Italian: [\u02c8dj\u025b\u02d0\u0261o sime\u02c8o\u02d0ne, \u02c8dje\u02d0-];^[5]^[6] born 28 April 1970), nicknamed \"El Cholo\" ([el \u02c8t\u0283olo]), is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He has been the manager of La Liga club Atl\u00e9tico Madrid since 23 December 2011.^[7]^[8]\n

In his club career that started in 1987, Simeone played in Argentina, Italy, and Spain for V\u00e9lez Sarsfield, Pisa, Sevilla, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, Inter Milan, Lazio and Racing Club. He won a domestic double with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in 1996, and the UEFA Cup with Inter in 1998, also winning another domestic double with Lazio in 2000, as well as the 1999 UEFA Super Cup and the 2000 Supercoppa Italiana. Simeone was capped over 100 times for the Argentina national team and represented the country at the 1994, 1998, and 2002 FIFA World Cups, and in four editions of the Copa Am\u00e9rica, winning the tournament in 1991 and 1993. He also won the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992, the 1993 Artemio Franchi Cup, and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic games.\n

As a manager, Simeone has coached Argentine sides Racing Club, Estudiantes, River Plate, San Lorenzo and Italian club Catania, before joining Spanish club Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in 2011. He won the Argentine Primera Divisi\u00f3n both with Estudiantes and River Plate.\n

Simeone has had his biggest managerial success with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, turning the team into a competitor for the La Liga and breaking the Real Madrid\u2013Barcelona duopoly. He has won La Liga twice, the Copa del Rey, two UEFA Europa Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups, as well as being runner-up of the UEFA Champions League twice. Simeone is the longest-serving manager in La Liga, having stayed over more than a decade at Atl\u00e9tico.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
V\u00e9lez S\u00e1rsfield\n	1987\u201388\n	Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	28	4							28	4\n
1988\u201389\n	16	2							16	2\n
1989\u201390\n	32	8							32	8\n
Total\n	76	14							76	14\n
Pisa\n	1990\u201391\n	Serie A\n	32	4	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	33	4\n
1991\u201392	Serie B\n	24	2	4	0	\u2014	\u2014	28	2\n
Total\n	56	6	5	0	\u2014	\u2014	61	6\n
Sevilla\n	1992\u201393\n	La Liga\n	33	4	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	35	4\n
1993\u201394\n	31	8	7	4	\u2014	\u2014	38	12\n
Total\n	64	12	9	4	\u2014	\u2014	73	16\n
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\n	1994\u201395\n	La Liga\n	29	6	8	2	\u2014	\u2014	37	8\n
1995\u201396\n	37	12	8	0	\u2014	\u2014	45	12\n
1996\u201397\n	32	3	3	0	7^[b]	4	2^[c]	0	44	7\n
Total\n	98	21	19	2	7	4	2	0	126	27\n
Inter Milan\n	1997\u201398\n	Serie A\n	30	6	2	0	9^[d]	1	\u2014	41	7\n
1998\u201399\n	27	5	7	0	9^[b]	2	\u2014	43	7\n
Total\n	57	11	9	0	18	3	\u2014	84	14\n
Lazio\n	1999\u20132000\n	Serie A\n	28	5	7	2	11^[b]	0	1^[e]	0	47	7\n
2000\u201301\n	30	2	2	0	8^[b]	1	1^[f]	0	41	3\n
2001\u201302\n	8	1	0	0	5^[b]	0	\u2014	13	1\n
2002\u201303\n	24	7	4	0	7^[d]	0	\u2014	35	7\n
Total\n	90	15	13	2	31	1	2	0	136	18\n
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\n	2003\u201304\n	La Liga\n	28	2	4	0	\u2014	\u2014	32	2\n
2004\u201305\n	8	0	1	0	6	1	\u2014	15	1\n
Total\n	36	2	5	0	6	1	\u2014	47	3\n
Racing Club\n	2004\u201305\n	Primera Divisi\u00f3n\n	18	2	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	18	2\n
2005\u201306\n	20	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	20	1\n
Total\n	38	3	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	38	3\n
Career total\n	515	84	60	8	62	9	4	0	641	101\n

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

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition\n
1\n	16 July 1988\n	Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia\n	$\"\"$ Saudi Arabia\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup\n
2\n	12 July 1991\n	Estadio Municipal, Concepci\u00f3n, Chile\n	$\"\"$ Paraguay\n	2\u20130\n	4\u20131\n	1991 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n
3\n	21 July 1991\n	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile\n	$\"\"$ Colombia\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20131\n
4\n	20 October 1992\n	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia\n	$\"\"$ Saudi Arabia\n	3\u20130\n	3\u20131\n	1992 King Fahd Cup Final\n
5\n	23 June 1993\n	Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil, Ecuador\n	$\"\"$ Colombia\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20131\n	1993 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n
6^[a]\n	22 June 1995\n	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina\n	$\"\"$ Slovakia League\n	5\u20130\n	6\u20130^[105]\n	Friendly\n
7\n	11 July 1995\n	Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysand\u00fa, Uruguay\n	$\"\"$ Chile\n	2\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	1995 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n
8^[a]\n	20 June 1996\n	Tucum\u00e1n, Argentina\n	$\"\"$ Poland B League\n	\u2013\n	2\u20130\n	Copa La Gaceta\n
9\n	9 October 1996\n	Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Crist\u00f3bal, Venezuela\n	$\"\"$ Venezuela\n	3\u20131\n	5\u20132\n	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
10\n	8 June 1997\n	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina\n	$\"\"$ Ecuador\n	2\u20130\n	2\u20130\n
11\n	1 July 1999\n	Estadio Feliciano C\u00e1ceres, Luque, Paraguay\n	1\u20130\n	3\u20131\n	1999 Copa Am\u00e9rica\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref.\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	Win %\n
Racing Club\n	18 February 2006\n	4 May 2006\n	14\n	5\n	3\n	6\n	035.71\n	\n
Estudiantes\n	18 May 2006\n	3 December 2007\n	60\n	34\n	15\n	11\n	056.67\n	\n
River Plate\n	15 December 2007\n	7 November 2008\n	45\n	20\n	13\n	12\n	044.44\n	\n
San Lorenzo\n	15 April 2009\n	3 April 2010\n	50\n	22\n	9\n	19\n	044.00\n	\n
Catania\n	19 January 2011\n	1 June 2011\n	18\n	7\n	3\n	8\n	038.89\n	^[106]\n
Racing Club\n	21 June 2011\n	23 December 2011\n	20\n	8\n	10\n	2\n	040.00\n	\n
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\n	23 December 2011\n	Present\n	718\n	427\n	159\n	132\n	059.47\n	^[107]\n
Total\n	925\n	523\n	212\n	190\n	056.54\n	\n

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Club career

International career

Style of play

Managerial career

Early years

Catania and Racing Club

Atl\u00e9tico Madrid

2011\u201313: Europa League and Copa del Rey triumphs

2013\u201317: La Liga win and Champions League finals

2017\u201321: Second Europa League and La Liga victories

2022\u2013present: Contract extension and new records

Style of management

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Manager

See also

References

External links

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Talks

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