Place of birth Lambare, Paraguay Number TBA Name Diego Barreto Height 1.82 m Siblings Edgar Barreto | Playing position 1996–2004 Cerro Porteno Role Goalkeeper Weight 76 kg Nephews Matu Barreto | |
Full name Diego Daniel Barreto Caceres Date of birth (1981-07-16) 16 July 1981 (age 34) Current teams Paraguay national football team (Goalkeeper), Club Olimpia, Cerro Porteno (#12 / Goalkeeper) Similar People Edgar Barreto, Francisco Arce, Miguel Angel Paniagua, Fidencio Oviedo, Cristian Riveros | ||
Diego Barreto ★ Skills Goalkeeper ★ Olimpia
Diego Daniel Barreto Caceres (born 16 July 1981) is a Paraguayan football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Olimpia Asuncion in the Paraguayan Primera Division.
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Diego is the brother of fellow Paraguayan footballer, Edgar Barreto.
Career
Barreto started his career with the club Cerro Porteno, where he was trained by Modesto Sandoval and was teammates with Aldo Bobadilla. He developed in the youth divisions of Cerro.
Barreto was part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan football team in the 2004 Olympics. Paraguay booked a quarter-final place with two victories in the qualifying group. The squad finished first, and then beat South Korea in the quarter-finals and Iraq in the semi-finals, before losing to Argentina in the final.
In 2007, Barreto had a spell with Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, but failed to break into the first team, returning to Paraguay in January 2008. However, he signed again for the Paraguayan team in July 2008.
He also holds Italian passport.
In 2008 he spent a month with FC Locarno. He played in only one match, allowing 4 goals in the derby against FC Lugano. Barreto has since returned to Cerro Porteno.
Diego is known for his quick reflexes and for commanding the defense. That makes him one of the best Paraguayan goalkeepers. In July of 2015 after not having his contract renewed Diego Barreto moved to Cerro´s archrivals Club Olimpia where he is quickly adapted and is quickly becoming a fan favorite despite his past in Cerro