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Diego Milito is an Argentine soccer player born in 1979 who had a professional career in football. He is notable for being a significant figure in Argentine sports history during his playing years.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Diego
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Place of birth
- Bernal
- Sibling
- Gabriel Milito
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Argentina men's national association football team
- Position played
- forward
- Mass
- 78
- Image
- Diego Milito - Inter Mailand (3).jpg
- Height
- 183
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- Commons category
- Diego Milito
- date of birth
- 1979-06-12
- start of work period
- 1999-12-11
- end of work period
- 2016-05-21
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 1
- name in native language
- Diego Milito
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Encyclopedic overview
Diego Alberto Milito (born 12 June 1979) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was nicknamed El Principe ("The Prince" in English) because of his physical resemblance with former Uruguayan footballer Enzo Francescoli, who had the same nickname.
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 at Genoa earned him a move to defending Serie A champions Inter Milan. He was pivotal in Inter's 2009–10 treble-winning season, scoring 30 goals in all competitions, including two in the 2010 UEFA Champions League final. He returned to Racing Club in 2014, where he retired in 2016.
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