Diego Benaglio
Benaglio in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Diego Orlando Benaglio | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | Spreitenbach | ||
| 1997–1999 | FC Baden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2002 | Grasshopper | 23 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | VfB Stuttgart | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | VfB Stuttgart II | 37 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Nacional | 69 | (0) |
| 2008– | VfL Wolfsburg | 245 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Switzerland U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2002 | Switzerland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Switzerland U21 | 15 | (0) |
| 2006–2014 | Switzerland | 61 | (0) |
| 2012 | Switzerland Olympic | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 16 May 2016 (UTC). |
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Diego Orlando Benaglio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdjɛgo beˈnaʎʎo]; born 8 September 1983) is a Swiss footballer who plays for German club VfL Wolfsburg as a goalkeeper.
He spent most of his professional career in Germany, with Stuttgart and Wolfsburg, appearing in more than 200 official games with the latter and winning the 2009 league championship. He also spent three years in Portugal with Nacional.
Benaglio gained 61 caps for Switzerland, representing the nation in three World Cups and Euro 2008.
Born in Zürich, Benaglio started his career with hometown side Grasshopper Club Zürich. Still in his teens he moved to Germany and joined VfB Stuttgart, but appeared exclusively for the reserves during his three-year spell.
For the 2005–06 season Benaglio moved to Portugal's C.D. Nacional, soon gaining favour over Henrique Hilário and becoming the Madeira side's undisputed first-choice after the veteran left for Chelsea. It was also during his first year that the club qualified for the UEFA Cup.
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