Diego Contento

Diego Contento

Contento training with Bordeaux in April 2015
Personal information
Full name Diego Armando Valentin Contento[1]
Date of birth (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990
Place of birth Munich, West Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Bordeaux
Number 3
Youth career
1995–2008 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2011 Bayern Munich II 36 (2)
2010–2014 Bayern Munich 49 (0)
2014– Bordeaux 44 (2)
National team‡
2007 Germany U17 2 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U20 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:42, 20 March 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 January 2010

Diego Armando Valentin Contento (born 1 May 1990) is a German professional footballer of Italian descent who currently plays as a left back for Girondins de Bordeaux in the Ligue 1.

Personal

Contento's family is from the outskirts of Naples (his father from Casalnuovo di Napoli[3] and his mother from Caivano), Italy, and he was named after former S.S.C. Napoli star Diego Armando Maradona.[4] His older brothers Vincenzo and Domenico were previously in Bayern's youth team.

Career

Contento played for Bayern's first-team in pre-season friendlies in 2009, appearing against the Austrian Bundesliga Champion Red Bull Salzburg as a second-half substitute for Edson Braafheid, and was named on the substitutes' bench for a Bundesliga match against FSV Mainz in August 2009. He was called up to Bayern Munich's squad for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League,[5] where he was assigned the number 26. In January 2010, it was announced that Contento would train with the first-team for the rest of the 2009–10 season, along with reserve team-mates David Alaba and Mehmet Ekici.[6]

Contento in 2010

Contento signed his first professional contract with FC Bayern Munich on 13 January 2010. The trio were named on the first-team substitutes' bench for the first time on 10 February 2010, for a DFB-Pokal game against SpVgg Greuther Fürth, and Contento came on in the 59th minute, replacing Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.[7] Contento made his UEFA Champions League debut a week later, coming on as a half time substitute for Daniel Van Buyten in a game against Fiorentina, and the following weekend he made his league debut in the Bavarian Derby against 1. FC Nürnberg, starting in place of the injured Van Buyten.[8]

He was in the starting XI for the next two games against Hamburger SV and 1. FC Köln, but was injured in the latter, and replaced by fellow youth team graduate David Alaba. On 21 April 2010 he was named in the starting line-up for Bayern's UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg against Olympique Lyonnais. On 27 May 2010, Contento signed a contract extension keeping him at the Allianz Arena until 2013.[9]

Contento started in the 2010 German Super Cup and played the full 90 minutes.[10] Bayern defeated Schalke 04 2–0.[10] Contento began the 2010–11 season as a starter for Bayern. After five games, he suffered an injury and was sidelined for three weeks. He was unable to reclaim his starting spot until the very end of the season. He was first choice to Andries Jonker, the caretaker manager of Bayern Munich until the end of the 2010–11 league season. On 1 July 2011, Jupp Heynckes was named head coach of Bayern Munich. At the beginning of the new Bundesliga season Heynckes brought in Rafinha for the right back position. Team captain Philipp Lahm changed back to his favoured left side and Contento was mostly relegated to the bench.

On 12 August 2014, Contento signed four-year deal with Ligue 1 side, Girondins de Bordeaux.[11] He had been at Bayern for 19 years.[12]

International career

Contento represented Germany at under-17 and under-20 level. He recently expressed his desire to represent Italy rather than Germany[13] at senior level. Contento was called up to the Germany under-21 in September 2010, though he could not make his debut due to an irritation on a toe.[14]

Career statistics

As of 20 March 2016.
Club Season League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental3 Other4 Total Ref.
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayern Munich II 2008–09 3. Liga 12 2 — — — — 12 2 [15]
2009–10 16 0 16 0 [16]
2010–11 8 0 8 0 [17]
Totals 36 2 36 2 —
Bayern Munich 2009–10 Bundesliga 9 0 2 0 3 0 14 0 [16]
2010–11 14 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 19 0 [17][10]
2011–12 11 0 2 0 2 0 — 15 0 [18]
2012–13 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 [19]
2013–14 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 [20]
Totals 49 0 8 0 11 0 1 0 69 0 —
Bordeaux 2014–15 Ligue 1 25 0 2 0 1 1 — — 28 1 [21]
2015–16 19 2 4 0 6 0 5 0 32 2 [21]
Totals 44 2 6 0 6 1 5 0 60 3 —
Career total 129 4 14 0 6 1 15 0 1 0 156 5 —

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich[22]

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 7 December 2013. p. 5. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Diego Contento/ Defence". FC Bayern Munich. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Storia di Diego Armando da Casalnuovo al Bayern" (in Italian). 17 October 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "'My parents supported Napoli'". Bayern Munich. 24 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "FC Bayern München". UEFA. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Alaba, Ekici and Contento give it their best shot". FC Bayern Munich. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  7. ↑ "Bayern München – SpVgg Greuther Fürth". kicker sportmagazin (in German). 10 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Lacklustre Bayern held but regain top spot". Bayern Munich. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "Contento extends Bayern stay". Sky Sports. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  10. 1 2 3 "WM-Helden Müller und Klose treffen". kicker. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Contento venu pour Sagnol" (in French). L'Équipe. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Contento wechselt nach Bordeaux" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Mein Ziel ist es, für Italien zu spielen" (in German). spox.com. 6 August 2010. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  14. ↑ "Contento sagt Adrion ab - Funk nachnominiert" (in German). kicker.de. 27 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  15. ↑ "Contento, Diego". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Contento, Diego". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  17. 1 2 "Contento, Diego". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  18. ↑ "Contento, Diego". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  19. ↑ "Contento, Diego". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  20. ↑ "Contento, Diego". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  21. 1 2 "Diego Contento » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "D. Contento". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

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