Diego Milito
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Milito with Inter Milan in 2009
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| Full name | Diego Alberto Milito | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bernal, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Racing Club | 137 | (34) | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Genoa | 59 | (33) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Zaragoza | 108 | (53) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Genoa | 31 | (24) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Internazionale | 128 | (62) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Racing Club | 52 | (18) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 515 | (224) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2003–2011 | Argentina | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 July 2011 |
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Diego Alberto Milito (born 12 June 1979) is an Argentine former footballer who last played as a striker for Racing Club and also formerly played for the Argentine national team. A prolific and consistent centre-forward, Milito has averaged just over a goal every two appearances over the course of his professional career.
Milito began his club career in Argentina with Racing Club in 1999, and later moved to Italian side Genoa in 2003. In 2005 he was acquired by Spanish club Real Zaragoza, where he remained for three seasons, before returning to Genoa in 2008. His prolific goalscoring exploits during his second spell with Genoa earned him a move to defending Serie A champions Inter, where he was pivotal in the club's 2009–10 treble-winning season scoring 32 goals in all competitions including two goals in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final. He returned to Racing Club in 2014, where he retired in 2016. At international level, Milito has earned 25 caps for Argentina, scoring 4 goals, and represented his country in two Copa América tournaments, winning a runners-up medal in 2007, and at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
He has been nicknamed El Príncipe ("The Prince" in Spanish) because of his physical resemblance with former Uruguayan footballer Enzo Francescoli, who had the same nickname.
Diego Milito started playing at Argentine first division team Racing Club in 1999, where he won the 2001 Apertura tournament. During this time, his younger brother Gabriel played for Racing's main rival, Independiente, as a defender. The two clubs would contest the Avellaneda derby with the two brothers lining up against each other.
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