Diego Godín
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Godín with Uruguay at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Diego Roberto Godín Leal[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1986[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Estudiantes El Colla | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Defensor | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Cerro | 63 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Nacional | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Villarreal | 91 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2019 | Atlético Madrid | 277 | (17) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Inter Milan | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Cagliari | 39 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Atlético Mineiro | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Vélez Sarsfield | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Porongos (es) | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 557 | (31) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Uruguay U20 | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2022 | Uruguay | 161 | (8) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Diego Roberto Godín Leal (born 16 February 1986) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation,[4][5][6] he started out at Cerro and three years later was transferred to Primera División side Nacional. He then spent the majority of his career in Spain, representing Villarreal and Atlético Madrid and winning eight titles with the latter club, including the La Liga championship in the 2013–14 season. He also played in Italy with Inter Milan and Cagliari, in Brazil with Atlético Mineiro and in Argentina with Vélez Sarsfield, retiring in 2023.
A Uruguay international from 2005 to 2022, Godín is the country's all-time most-capped player. He represented the national side at four World Cups and six Copa América tournaments, winning the 2011 edition of the latter competition.
- ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 18 de mayo de 2019, en Valencia" [Minutes of the match held on 18 May 2019, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of Players: Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Godín". Atlético Madrid. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ MacGregor, Gregor (18 December 2015). "The 11 best defenders in the world". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ Jolly, Richard (5 July 2018). "Uruguay's Diego Godin showing at World Cup that he's the best defender in football". ESPN. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Dobson, Mark (8 October 2018). "Ballon d'Or 2018: contenders for football's global honour revealed". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 December 2018.