Diego Klimowicz

Diego Klimowicz

Klimowicz as a Borussia Dortmund player
Personal information
Full name	Diego Fernando Klimowicz
Date of birth	(1974-07-06) 6 July 1974 (age 42)
Place of birth	Quilmes, Argentina
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1996	Instituto	57	(12)
1996–1997	Rayo Vallecano	46	(12)
1997–1999	Valladolid	41	(4)
1999–2001	Lanús	77	(41)
2001–2007	VfL Wolfsburg	149	(57)
2007–2009	Borussia Dortmund	38	(6)
2009–2010	VfL Bochum	26	(8)
2011	Instituto	10	(1)
Total		444	(140)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Diego Fernando Klimowicz (born 6 July 1974) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a centre forward.

He started and finished his 18-year professional career with Instituto, but competed mostly in Spain and Germany, notably amassing Bundesliga totals of 213 games and 71 goals in the latter country.

Born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Klimowicz started his career at Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba in the Primera B Nacional. In 1996, he was sold to Rayo Vallecano of La Liga, scoring 11 goals in his first season but being relegated to Segunda División; the latter club was later banned from buying or selling foreign players, for failing to pay the accorded sum of 240 million pesetas.

Klimowicz returned to the Spanish top division in December 1997, when he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Real Valladolid. However, after netting just seven times across all competitions during his spell at the Estadio José Zorrilla he returned to his country in 1999, joining Club Atlético Lanús.

In December 2001, Klimowicz was transferred to VfL Wolfsburg, going on to remain in Germany – and its Bundesliga – for the better part of the following decade. He netted a career-best 15 goals in the 2003–04 campaign, helping his team finish in tenth place.