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Diego Simeone
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Person

Diego Simeone

b. 1970

Argentine association football player and manager (born 1970)

Born
28 Apr 1970 · Buenos Aires
Part ofArgentina1754 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 64 years
  1. 28 Apr 1970BornBorn in Buenos Aires
  2. 1987 – 1990TeamClub Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
  3. 1988 – 2002TeamArgentina national football team
  4. 1988TeamArgentina national under-23 football team
  5. 1989TeamArgentina national under-20 football team
  6. 1990 – 1992TeamPisa SC
  7. 1992 – 1994TeamSevilla FC
  8. 1994Took part1994 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1994 – 1997TeamAtlético Madrid
  10. 1997 – 1999TeamInter Milan
  11. 1998Took part1998 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1999 – 2003TeamSS Lazio
  13. 2002Took part2002 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2003 – 2005TeamAtlético Madrid
  15. 2005 – 2006TeamRacing Club
  16. 2019AwardOutstanding Citizen of Buenos Aires

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1970 – today).

  1. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  2. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  5. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  6. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  7. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  8. 1985Schengen Agreement
  9. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  10. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  11. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  13. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  14. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  15. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  16. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  17. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  18. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  19. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  20. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  21. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  22. 20112011 Norway attacks
  23. 2011Libyan civil war
  24. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  25. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  26. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  28. 2015Paris Agreement
  29. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  30. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  31. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  32. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  33. 2023Gaza war
  34. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  35. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Diego Pablo Simeone González (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈpaβlo simeˈone]; Italian: [ˈdjɛːɡo simeˈoːne, ˈdjeː-]; born 28 April 1970), nicknamed "Cholo" ([ˈtʃolo]), is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of La Liga club Atlético Madrid since 2011. This makes him the second longest serving professional manager in Europe behind Frank Schmidt, but the longest serving professional manager in Europe in the top-division of their country.

In his club career as a midfielder that started in 1987, Simeone played in Argentina, Italy, and Spain for Vélez Sarsfield, Pisa, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, Lazio and Racing Club. He won a domestic double with Atlético Madrid in 1996, and the UEFA Cup with Inter in 1998, also winning another domestic double with Lazio in 2000, as well as the 1999 UEFA Super Cup and the 2000 Supercoppa Italiana. Simeone was capped over 100 times for the Argentina national team and represented the country at the 1994, 1998, and 2002 FIFA World Cups, and in four editions of the Copa América, winning the tournament in 1991 and 1993. He also won the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992, the 1993 Artemio Franchi Cup, and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic games.

As a manager, Simeone has coached Argentine sides Racing Club, Estudiantes, River Plate, San Lorenzo and Italian club Catania, before joining Spanish club Atlético Madrid in 2011. He won the Argentine Primera División both with Estudiantes and River Plate. Simeone has had his biggest managerial success with Atlético Madrid, turning the team into a competitor for the La Liga and breaking the Real Madrid–Barcelona duopoly. He has won La Liga twice, the Copa del Rey, two UEFA Europa Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups, as well as being runner-up of the UEFA Champions League twice. Simeone is the longest-serving manager in La Liga, having stayed for well over a decade at Atlético. He won Atléti their first derby against arch-rivals Real Madrid in fourteen years in the 2013 Copa del Rey final at the Bernabeu.

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