Diego Castaño

Diego Castaño
Personal information
Full name	Diego Rafael Castaño
Date of birth	8 June 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Bragado, Argentina
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2002	9 de Julio (BA)
2003–2004	Rivadavia de Lincoln
2004–2014	Tigre
2014	Sarmiento
2014–2015	Rivadavia de Lincoln
2016–2017	Tigre
Managerial career
2022–2024	El Linqueño (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Rafael Castaño (born 8 June 1979) is an Argentine football coach and a former midfielder.^[1]^[2]

Career

Castaño started his career in the lower leagues of Argentine football, playing for 9 de Julio de Buenos Aires and then Rivadavia de Lincoln before signing for Tigre in 2004.

Castaño has been part of Tigre's rise through the divisions, his first season with the club saw them win the Apertura and the Clausura to secure promotion to the Argentine 2nd division. In 2007 the club were promoted to the Argentine Primera. The Apertura 2007 was Tigre's first season in the Primera since 1980, and Castaño's first taste of top flight football. Castaño was a key member of the first team, playing in nearly all of Tigre's games. The club finished in 2nd place which was the highest league finish in their history.

References

^ Diego Castaño at Soccerway
^ "Diego Rafael Castaño". argentinesoccer.com.

External links

Football-Lineups player profile
Tigre player profile (in Spanish)

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[1] Diego Castaño at Soccerway

[2] "Diego Rafael Castaño". argentinesoccer.com.

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