Diego López (footballer, born August 1974)
Luis Diego López Breijo (Latin American Spanish: [lwisˈðjeɣo ˈlopes]; born 22 August 1974) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who recently manages Ecuadorian club Barcelona SC.
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| Full name | Luis Diego López Breijo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | River Plate Montevideo | 37 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Racing Santander | 62 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2010 | Cagliari | 314 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 413 | (12) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994–2005 | Uruguay | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Cagliari (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Cagliari | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Bologna | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Palermo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Cagliari | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Peñarol | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Brescia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Brescia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Barcelona SC | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
His career was intimately connected with Cagliari in Italy, for which he appeared in over 300 competitive games in 12 years, playing as a defender. Internationally, he represented Uruguay in two Copa América tournaments.
López served as Cagliari's manager in two spells, as well as three other Serie A clubs. In 2018, he won the Uruguayan Primera División for Peñarol.
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