Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Sebastián Cagna | ||
Date of birth | 19 April 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Argentinos Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1992 | Argentinos Juniors | 92 | (12) |
1992–1996 | Independiente | 117 | (13) |
1996–1999 | Boca Juniors | 115 | (9) |
2000–2002 | Villarreal | 77 | (3) |
2002 | Celaya | 17 | (1) |
2003–2005 | Boca Juniors | 82 | (7) |
National team | |||
1992–1999 | Argentina | 19 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2006–2009 | Tigre | ||
2010–2011 | Colo-Colo | ||
2011 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
2012–2013 | Estudiantes | ||
2013 | Tigre | ||
2016– | San Martín (T) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:42, 20 December 2011 (UTC). |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Argentina | ||
Men's Football | ||
Pan American Games | ||
1995 Mar del Plata | Team Competition |
Diego Sebastián Cagna (born 19 April 1970 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football coach and former player. He played as midfielder and retired in 2005.
His first professional first division match was in December 1988, with Argentinos Juniors. He transferred to Independiente at the beginning of 1992, where he played for 4 years.
Cagna then went on to join Boca Juniors from the Apertura 1996 until the end of 1999 when, at 29 years of age and after finished the Apertura 1999, he moved to Spanish Villarreal CF. He played 2 seasons with the Yellow Submarine, and after playing the Apertura 2002 with Mexican Atlético Celaya, he returned to Boca Juniors in 2003.
Diego Cagna, who was team captain with Independiente, Boca Juniors and Villarreal, eventually becoming a reserve player behind Boca Juniors' promising youngsters, and retired in 2005. All in all, he played a total of 255 games for Boca, scoring 21 goals.
With the Argentine national football team he won the Confederations Cup 1992, and participated in the Copa América 1999. His only goal for the national team was on 15 April 1998 friendly match against Israel in Jerusalem, which Argentina lost 2–1.