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Full name | Diego Mario Buonanotte Rende | ||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 April 1988 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Teodelina, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Winger | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Universidad Católica | ||||||||||||||
Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
2001–2006 | River Plate | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
2006–2011 | River Plate | 105 | (25) | ||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Málaga | 49 | (6) | ||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Granada | 39 | (1) | ||||||||||||
2014 | → Pachuca (loan) | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||
2015 | → Quilmes (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||
2015–2016 | AEK Athens | 27 | (9) | ||||||||||||
2016– | Universidad Católica | 26 | (11) | ||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||
2008 | Argentina U23 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016. |
Diego Mario Buonanotte Rende (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈmaɾjo βwonaˈnote ˈrende]; born 19 April 1988), is an Argentine footballer who plays for the Chilean club Universidad Católica as an attacking midfielder & winger.
He began his career with River Plate, where he won the Apertura in 2008, and later played in Spain with Málaga and Granada.
Buonanotte was part of the Argentine squad which won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics.
Born in Teodelina, Santa Fe, Buonanotte made his professional debut as a 17-year-old on 9 April 2006, in the 3–1 win against Instituto. On 7 October 2007, only one week after his first game, he scored his first goal at senior level. Buonanotte was picked by coach Daniel Passarella to start in the derby against Boca Juniors. River Plate won 2–0, with Buonanotte playing a key role in the victory. He was named by World Soccer magazine as one of the '50 most exciting teenagers in the world game'. Buonanotte was part of the 2008 Apertura winning team.