Diego Barreto

Diego Barreto

Personal information
Full name	Diego Daniel Barreto Cáceres
Date of birth	16 July 1981 (1981-07-16)
Place of birth	Lambaré, Paraguay
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Cerro Porteño
Number	12
Youth career
1996–2004	Cerro Porteño
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Cerro Porteño	16	(0)
2005	Almería	0	(0)
2006–2007	Cerro Porteño	70	(0)
2007	Newell's Old Boys	0	(0)
2008	→ Cerro Porteño (loan)	4	(0)
2008	Locarno	1	(0)
2009	Sol de América	19	(0)
2009–	Cerro Porteño	52	(0)
National team
2001	Paraguay U-20	?	(?)
2004	Paraguay U-23	?	(?)
2004–	Paraguay	13	(0)
Honours Men's Football Silver 2004 Athens Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 June 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Barreto and the second or maternal family name is Cáceres.

Diego Daniel Barreto Cáceres (born 16 July 1981) is a Paraguayan football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Cerro Porteño in the Paraguayan Primera División.

Diego is the brother of fellow Paraguayan footballer, Édgar Barreto.

Career

Barreto started his career with the club Cerro Porteño, where he was trained by Modesto Sandoval and was teammates with Aldo Bobadilla. He developed in the youth divisions of Cerro.

Barreto was part of the gold medal-winning Paraguayan football team in the 2004 Olympics. Paraguay booked a quarter-final place with two victories in the qualifying group. The squad finished first, and then beat South Korea in the quarter-finals and Iraq in the semi-finals, before winning to Argentina in the final.

In 2007, Barreto had a spell with Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, but failed to break into the first team, returning to Paraguay in January 2008. However, he signed again for the Paraguayan team in July 2008.

He also holds Italian passport.

In 2008 he spent a month with FC Locarno. He played in only one match, allowing 4 goals in the derby against FC Lugano. Barreto has since returned to Cerro Porteño.^{[citation needed]}

Diego is known for his quick reflexes and for commanding the defense. That makes him one of the best Paraguayan goalkeepers.

Honours

Cerro Porteño

• Paraguayan Primera División (3): 2004, 2005, 2009 Apertura

Paraguay U-23

• Silver Medal at the Summer Olympics (1): 2004 Athens

External links

• (Spanish) BDFA profile
• profile @ www.football.ch
• Diego Barreto at National-Football-Teams.com
• Diego Barreto – FIFA competition record