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Licensable picture: Bayern Munich's Mandzukic watches the ball after scoring against Wolfsburg's goalkeeper Benaglio during their German soccer cup (DFB Pokal) semi
Diego Benaglio
Diego Orlando Benaglio
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Who is this?
Diego Orlando Benaglio (born 8 September 1983) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent most of his professional career with Stuttgart and Wolfsburg in Germany's top flight, the Bundesliga, winning the 2009 league championship and appearing in almost 300 competitive matches with the latter club. He also played three years in Portugal earlier in his career, with Nacional. Benaglio earned 61 caps for Switzerland, representing the nation in three World Cups and Euro 2008.
Career
- 1983Born
- 1999Joined Grasshopper Club Zürich
- 2001Joined Switzerland national under-19 association football team
- 2002Joined VfB Stuttgart
- 2002Joined Switzerland national under-20 association football team
- 2003Joined VfB Stuttgart II
- 2003Joined Switzerland national under-21 football team
- 2005Joined C.D. Nacional
- 2006Joined Switzerland men's national football team
- 2008Joined VfL Wolfsburg
- 2012Joined Switzerland national under-23 football team
- 2012Joined Switzerland Olympic football team
- 2017Joined AS Monaco FC
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Zurich
- •Citizenship: Switzerland
- •Known as: association football player
- •Sport: association football
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Discussions about disallowed Netherlands goal - was the keeper actually obstructed?
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Benaglio on Wolfsburg’s search for a new sporting managing director: “Most of the qualified ones are employed somewhere”
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Former national goalkeeper Benaglio becomes member of Wolfsburg's supervisory board
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