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Head coach at Atlético Madrid
In the 2026/27 season, Diego Simeone serves as head coach of Atlético Madrid.
Career matches managed and points per game
Diego Simeone has managed 1020 official matches as head coach in his career, averaging 1.62 points per game.
Diego Simeone career and stats
Racing Club
Calcio Catania
CA San Lorenzo
CA River Plate
Club Estudiantes de La Plata
Racing Club
Career
Racing Club
Inter Milan
Sevilla FC
Pisa SC
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
Frequently asked questions about Diego Simeone
Which teams has Diego Simeone managed in his career?
Diego Simeone is currently the head coach of Atlético Madrid and has managed 6 teams during his career (Atlético de Madrid, Racing Club, Calcio Catania, CA San Lorenzo, CA River Plate, Club Estudiantes de La Plata), totaling 1,020 official matches in charge.
How tall is Diego Simeone, what is his preferred foot and shirt number?
Diego Simeone is 177 cm tall. He plays as a Allenatore.
How old is Diego Simeone, when was he born and where is he from?
Diego Simeone is 56 years old (born on April 28, 1970 in Buenos Aires). He represents Argentina.
What is Diego Simeone's market value and when does his contract expire?
His contract with Atlético Madrid runs until June 30, 2027.
What trophies and honours has Diego Simeone won in his career?
During his career Diego Simeone has won: Outstanding Citizen of Buenos Aires (2019).
The story of Diego Simeone
Diego Pablo Simeone González (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo ˈpaβlo simeˈone]; Italian: [ˈdjɛːɡo simeˈoːne, ˈdjeː-]; born 28 April 1970), nicknamed "Cholo" ([ˈtʃolo]), is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of La Liga club Atlético Madrid since 2011. This makes him the second longest serving professional manager in Europe behind Frank Schmidt, but the longest serving professional manager in Europe in the top-division of their country.
In his club career as a midfielder that started in 1987, Simeone played in Argentina, Italy, and Spain for Vélez Sarsfield, Pisa, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, Lazio and Racing Club. He won a domestic double with Atlético Madrid in 1996, and the UEFA Cup with Inter in 1998, also winning another domestic double with Lazio in 2000, as well as the 1999 UEFA Super Cup and the 2000 Supercoppa Italiana. Simeone was capped over 100 times for the Argentina national team and represented the country at the 1994, 1998, and 2002 FIFA World Cups, and in four editions of the Copa América, winning the tournament in 1991 and 1993. He also won the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992, the 1993 Artemio Franchi Cup, and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic games.
As a manager, Simeone has coached Argentine sides Racing Club, Estudiantes, River Plate, San Lorenzo and Italian club Catania, before joining Spanish club Atlético Madrid in 2011. He won the Argentine Primera División both with Estudiantes and River Plate. Simeone has had his biggest managerial success with Atlético Madrid, turning the team into a competitor for the La Liga and breaking the Real Madrid–Barcelona duopoly. He has won La Liga twice, the Copa del Rey, two UEFA Europa Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups, as well as being runner-up of the UEFA Champions League twice. Simeone is the longest-serving manager in La Liga, having stayed for well over a decade at Atlético. He won Atléti their first derby against arch-rivals Real Madrid in fourteen years in the 2013 Copa del Rey final at the Bernabeu.
Club career
When Simeone was 14, his youth coach Victorio Spinetto nicknamed him "Cholo", as his energetic play reminded him of former Boca Juniors player and Argentine international Carmelo Simeone (no relation) who possessed the nickname.
After starting his career with Vélez Sarsfield, Simeone moved to Pisa in 1990. The club was relegated from Serie A in his first season and, after it failed to gain promotion the following year, Simeone was sold to La Liga club Sevilla. Simeone played two seasons in Seville, after which he was signed by Atlético Madrid. At Atlético, he was part of the team which won the double of the Liga title and Copa del Rey during the 1995–96 season, serving as the club's captain.
In 1997, Simeone returned to Serie A with Inter Milan, and played two full seasons, winning the 1997–98 UEFA Cup in a side spearheaded by Ronaldo up front. In 1999, Simeone joined fellow Argentines Néstor Sensini, Matías Almeyda and Juan Sebastián Verón at Sven-Göran Eriksson's Lazio. The side had gone close to the Scudetto in the season before Simeone's arrival and he helped deliver the championship after a season, where Juventus led the standings by two points going into the last day. A Juve loss at rainy Perugia coupled with Lazio's comfortable 3–0 home win over Reggina at the Stadio Olimpico ensured Simeone's first Serie A title. After winning the double in Spain, he would then add the Italian double as Lazio edged out Inter to claim the 1999–2000 Coppa Italia.
He went on to play three more seasons in Rome, which included more last day drama as Simeone's goal against former club Inter on the last day of the 2001–02 campaign effectively ruined his old employers' title dream.
After cancelling his contract with Lazio, Simeone returned to Atlético Madrid in 2003, spending his next two seasons there. In total, he played in 165 matches for Atlético, scoring 31 goals. In December 2004, it was confirmed that he would leave Europe and return to Argentina to finish his playing career with Racing Club.
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