Diego Benaglio

Swiss footballer

Diego Orlando Benaglio (born 8 September 1983) is a former Swiss football player. He played as a goalkeeper. He played for Stuttgart, Nacional, Wolfsburg, Monaco, and the Switzerland national team.

Diego Benaglio
Benaglio in 2021
Personal information
Full name Diego Orlando Benaglio[1]
Date of birth (1983-09-08) 8 September 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1993–1997 Spreitenbach
1997–1999 FC Baden
1999–2002 Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 VfB Stuttgart 0 (0)
2003–2005 VfB Stuttgart II 54 (0)
2005–2008 Nacional 69 (0)
2008–2017 VfL Wolfsburg 259 (0)
2015 VfL Wolfsburg II 1 (0)
2017–2020 Monaco 26 (0)
Total 409 (0)
National team
2001 Switzerland U19 3 (0)
2002 Switzerland U20 1 (0)
2003–2005 Switzerland U21 15 (0)
2006–2014 Switzerland 61 (0)
2012 Switzerland Olympic 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stuttgart II 2002–03 Oberliga 17 0 14 0 17 0
2003–04 Regionalliga 12 0 12 0
2004–05 Regionalliga 25 0 25 0
Nacional 2005–06 Primeira Liga 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2006–07 Primeira Liga 30 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 32 0
2007–08 Primeira Liga 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Wolfsburg 2007–08 Bundesliga 17 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 21 0
2008–09 Bundesliga 31 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 42 0
2009–10 Bundesliga 22 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 32 0
2010–11 Bundesliga 28 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
2011–12 Bundesliga 32 0 1 0 33 0
2012–13 Bundesliga 34 0 4 0 38 0
2013–14 Bundesliga 29 0 4 0 33 0
2014–15 Bundesliga 31 0 5 0 12 0 48 0
2015–16 Bundesliga 21 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 31 0
2016–17 Bundesliga 14 0 1 0 15 0
Monaco 2017–18 Ligue 1 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 10 0
2018–19 Ligue 1 23 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 29 0
2019–20 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 408 0 29 0 47 0 4 0 488 0

1 Includes DFB Pokal matches.
2 Includes Europa League and Champions League matches.
3 Includes DFL-Supercup and relegation play-off matches.
4 Although still a second-team regular, Benaglio made his first-team debut that season in the UEFA Cup.

International

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Switzerland[4]
Year Apps Goals
2006 4 0
2007 4 0
2008 10 0
2009 7 0
2010 8 0
2011 8 0
2012 7 0
2013 6 0
2014 7 0
Total 61 0

Honours

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Wolfsburg

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. "Diego BENAGLIO". AS Monaco. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "D. Benaglio". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. "Diego Benaglio". European Football. Retrieved 21 June 2019.