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Diego Contento
Contento in 2010
Personal information
Full name Diego Armando Valentin Contento
Date of birth (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Munich, West Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 26
Youth career
1995–2008 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Bayern Munich II 36 (2)
2010– Bayern Munich 41 (0)
International career‡
2007 Germany U-17 2 (0)
2010 Germany U-20 3 (0)
Medal record
Bayern Munich
Winner Bundesliga 2010
Winner DFB-Pokal 2010
Runner-up UEFA Champions League 2010
Winner DFL-Supercup 2010
Runner-up DFB-Pokal 2012
Runner-up UEFA Champions League 2012
Winner DFL-Supercup 2012
Winner Bundesliga 2013
Winner UEFA Champions League 2013
Winner DFB-Pokal 2013
Runner-up DFL-Supercup 2013
Winner UEFA Super Cup 2013
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:44, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Diego Armando Contento (born 1 May 1990) is a German footballer playing for Bayern Munich.[2]

Personal

Contento's family are from Naples, Italy, and he was named after former SSC Napoli star Diego Armando Maradona.[3] His older brothers Vincenzo and Domenico were previously in Bayern's youth team.

Career

Contento played for Bayern's first-team in pre-season friendlies in 2009, appearing against the Austrian Bundesliga Champion Red Bull Salzburg as a second-half substitute for Edson Braafheid, and was named on the substitutes' bench for a Bundesliga match against FSV Mainz in August 2009. He was called up to Bayern Munich's squad for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League,[4] where he was assigned the number 26. In January 2010, it was announced that Contento would train with the first-team for the rest of the 2009–10 season, along with reserve team-mates David Alaba and Mehmet Ekici.[5]

Contento signed his first professional contract with FC Bayern Munich on 13 January 2010.[2] The trio were named on the first-team substitutes' bench for the first time on 10 February 2010, for a DFB-Pokal game against SpVgg Greuther Fürth, and Contento came on in the 59th minute, replacing Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.[6] Contento made his UEFA Champions League debut a week later, coming on as a half time substitute for Daniel Van Buyten in a game against Fiorentina, and the following weekend he made his league debut in the Bavarian Derby against 1. FC Nürnberg, starting in place of the injured Van Buyten.[7]

He was in the starting XI for the next two games against Hamburger SV and 1. FC Köln, but was injured in the latter, and replaced by fellow youth team graduate David Alaba. On 21 April 2010 he was named in the starting line-up for Bayern's UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg against Olympique Lyonnais. On 27 May 2010, Contento signed a contract extension keeping him at the Allianz Arena until 2013.[8]

Contento began the 2010–11 season as a starter for Bayern. After five games, he suffered an injury and was sidelined for three weeks. He was unable to reclaim his starting spot until the very end of the season. He was first choice to Andries Jonker, the caretaker manager of Bayern Munich until the end of the 2010–11 league season. On 1 July 2011, Jupp Heynckes was named head coach of Bayern Munich. At the beginning of the new Bundesliga season Heynckes brought in Rafinha for the right back position. Team captain Philipp Lahm changed back to his favoured left side and Contento was mostly relegated to the bench.

International career

Contento represented Germany at under-17 and under-20 level. He recently expressed his desire to represent Italy rather than Germany[9] at senior level. Contento was called up to the Germany under-21 in September 2010, though he could not make his debut due to an irritation on a toe.[10]

Career statistics

As of 23 October 2013.[11]
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Other1 Total
Bayern Munich II 3. Liga 2008–09 12 2 — — — 12 2
Bayern Munich Bundesliga 2009–10 9 0 3 0 2 0 — 14 0
Bayern Munich II 3. Liga 16 0 — — — 16 0
Bayern Munich Bundesliga 2010–11 14 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 19 0
Bayern Munich II 3. Liga 8 0 — — — 8 0
Bayern Munich Bundesliga 2011–12 11 0 2 0 2 0 — 15 0
2012–13 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
2013–14 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Career statistics 77 2 9 0 9 0 1 0 96 2
  • 1.^ Statistics includes DFL-Supercup.

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich

References

  1. ^ "Diego Contento / Defence". FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Youth product Contento inks professional deal". FC Bayern. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  3. ^ "'My parents supported Napoli'". Bayern Munich. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  4. ^ "FC Bayern München". UEFA. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  5. ^ "Alaba, Ekici and Contento give it their best shot". FC Bayern Munich. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Bayern München – SpVgg Greuther Fürth". Kicker sportmagazin (in German). 10 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Lacklustre Bayern held but regain top spot". Bayern Munich. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Contento extends Bayern stay". Sky Sports. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  9. ^ ""Mein Ziel ist es, für Italien zu spielen"" (in German). spox.com. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  10. ^ "Contento sagt Adrion ab - Funk nachnominiert" (in German). kicker.de. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  11. ^ Diego Contento at fussballdaten.de (in German)



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