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Full name | Diego Fernando Latorre | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 August 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker [1] Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1987–1992 | Boca Juniors | 119 | (52) | ||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Fiorentina | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Tenerife | 69 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Salamanca | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Boca Juniors | 67 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Racing Club | 29 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Cruz Azul | 18 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2000 | Rosario Central | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Chacarita Juniors | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Club Celaya | 68 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
2003 | Comunicaciones | 30 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 10 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Comunicaciones | 15 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Alacranes de Durango | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1991 | Argentina | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Diego Fernando Latorre (born 4 August 1969) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker or as an offensive midfielder.
Latorre was born in Buenos Aires. He made his professional debut for Boca Juniors on 18 October 1987 against Platense scoring his first goal at the same match. He won the 1991 Argentine league with Boca Juniors. His good performance took him to play with the Argentina national football team scoring his first goal in a Copa America match against Peru. [2]
In 1992, he joined Fiorentina with Gabriel Batistuta after the pair helped Argentina to win the Copa America in 1991. While Batistuta eventually became one of Fiorentina's all-time greats, Latorre only made two appearances with the club, and quickly left for Tenerife in La Liga. He made 67 appearances 15 goals with the Spanish club. He moved to Salamanca in 1995, but only spent a single season there. He returned to Boca Juniors in 1996. He also played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and Rosario Central after returning from Europe. He later played in Mexico and Guatemala before retiring in 2005. [2]
Latorre joined Fox Sports Latin America as a sportscaster, and has worked alongside Juan Manuel "Bambino" Pons, Mariano Closs and Sebastián "El Pollo" Vignolo as a football match analyst (co-commentator) for Fox Sports Latin America (South Cone).
After Disney acquired Fox Sports Latin America (South Cone) and integrated its operation with Disney-owned ESPN Sur in 2020, Latorre, along with many other Fox Sports Latin America (South Cone) talent including Closs, Pons and Vignolo, moved to ESPN Sur, where he is currently the #1 football match analyst (co-commentator) for the men's Argentine Liga Profesional del Fútbol, the men's CONMEBOL Libertadores and the men's UEFA Champions League.
Boca Juniors [2]
Comunicaciones
Dorados de Sinaloa
Argentina [3]
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