Diego Godín

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Diego Godín
Personal information
Full name:	Diego Roberto Godín Leal
Date of birth:	16 February 1986 (1986-02-16)
Place of birth:	Rosario, Uruguay
Height:	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position:	Centre back
Youth clubs
2000–2003	Estudiantes El Colla Defensor
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2003–2006 2006–2007 2007–2010 2010–2019 2019–2020 2020–2022 2022 2022–2023 2024 Total	Cerro Nacional Villarreal Atlético Madrid Inter Milan Cagliari Atlético Mineiro Vélez Sarsfield Porongos	063 00(6) 026 00(0) 091 00(4) 277 0(17) 023 00(1) 039 00(1) 005 00(1) 019 00(1) 014 00(0) 557 0(31)
National team
2004–2005 2005–2022	Uruguay U20 Uruguay	014 00(0) 161 00(8)

Diego Roberto Godín Leal (born 16 February 1986) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a defender, most notably for Spanish club Atlético Madrid.

Godín is Uruguay's most capped player, earning 161 senior caps across 17 years.

Honours

Clubs

Nacional

• Liguilla 2007

Atlético Madrid

• UEFA Europa League: 2011–12
• La Liga: 2013–14
• UEFA Super Cup: 2010, 2012
• Copa del Rey: 2012–13
• Supercopa de España: 2014; Runner-up 2013
• UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 2013–14

International

Uruguay

• Copa América: 2011

Individual

• La Liga Player of the Month: April 2014, May 2014
• UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2013–14
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2014

External links

• Transfermarkt

Template:Uruguay squad (2007 Copa América)

Uruguay – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Fourth place

1. Muslera 2. Lugano 3. Godín 4. Fucile 5. Gargano 6. Victorino 7. Cavani 8. Eguren 9. Suárez 10. Forlán 11. Á. Pereira 12. Castillo 13. Abreu 14. Lodeiro 15. Pérez 16. M. Pereira 17. Arévalo Ríos 18. I. González 19. Scotti 20. Á. Fernández 21. S. Fernández 22. Cáceres 23. Silva Manager:   Óscar Tabárez

Template:Uruguay squad (2011 Copa América)

Uruguay – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Muslera 2. Lugano (c) 3. Godín 4. Fucile 5. Gargano 6. Á. Pereira 7. Rodríguez 8. Hernández 9. Suárez 10. Forlán 11. Stuani 12. Muñoz 13. Giménez 14. Lodeiro 15. Pérez 16. M. Pereira 17. Arévalo 18. Ramírez 19. Coates 20. González 21. Cavani 22. Cáceres 23. Silva Manager:   Óscar Tabárez

Uruguay – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals

1. Muslera 2. Giménez 3. Godín (c) 4. Varela 5. Sánchez 6. Bentancur 7. Rodríguez 8. Nández 9. Suárez 10. De Arrascaeta 11. Stuani 12. Campaña 13. G. Silva 14. Torreira 15. Vecino 16. Pereira 17. Laxalt 18. Gómez 19. Coates 20. Urretaviscaya 21. Cavani 22. Cáceres 23. M. Silva Manager:   Óscar Tabárez