Diego Klimowicz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Fernando Klimowicz | ||
| Date of birth | 6 July 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | Instituto | 57 | (12) |
| 1996–1997 | Rayo Vallecano | 46 | (12) |
| 1998–1999 | Valladolid | 41 | (4) |
| 1999–2001 | Lanús | 77 | (41) |
| 2001–2007 | VfL Wolfsburg | 149 | (57) |
| 2007–2008 | Borussia Dortmund | 38 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | VfL Bochum | 26 | (8) |
| 2011 | Instituto | 8 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:33, 26 August 2011 (UTC). | |||
Diego Fernando Klimowicz (born 6 July 1974) is a retired Argentine footballer who last played for Instituto.
Career
Klimowicz started his career at Instituto in the Argentine Primera B Nacional (second division) in 1993.[1] In 1996, he was sold to Rayo Vallecano of the Spanish La Liga but at the end of that first season with the club, they were relegated to the Segunda División (second division).[2] In his second season, Rayo finished eighth, failing to regain their place in the first division, but halfway through, in January 1998 he was sold to Real Valladolid of La Liga, and after only one and a half seasons with the club he returned to Argentina to play for Lanús.[3] In December 2001, he was transferred to VfL Wolfsburg.[4] In May 2007, he joined Borussia Dortmund on a two.year contract.[5][6] In the winter transfer window 2008–09, he transferred to VfL Bochum. On 2 March 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football due to a hip injury.[7]
However, on 24 December 2010, Klimowicz decided to come back from retirement and re-joined his first team, Instituto, in the Argentine second division. He signed a one-year contract.[8]
International career
In 2001 there were talks of him playing either for the Ukraine national football team or the Poland national football team, but at the end nothing became materialized.
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | League | Cup | Total | |||||
| 1993–94 | Instituto | Nacional B | — | |||||
| 1994–95 | — | |||||||
| 1995–96 | — | |||||||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Total | |||||
| 1996–97 | Rayo Vallecano | Primera División | 34 | 11 | ||||
| 1997–98 | Segunda División | 12 | 1 | |||||
| 1997–98 | Real Valladolid | Primera División | 20 | 3 | ||||
| 1998–99 | 21 | 1 | ||||||
| Argentina | League | Cup | Total | |||||
| 1999–00 | Lanús | Primera División | 33 | 16 | — | 33 | 16 | |
| 2000–01 | 30 | 17 | — | 30 | 17 | |||
| 2001–02 | 14 | 8 | — | 14 | 8 | |||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Total | |||||
| 2001–02 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 |
| 2002–03 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | ||
| 2003–04 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 16 | ||
| 2004–05 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | ||
| 2005–06 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 13 | ||
| 2006–07 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 10 | ||
| 2007–08 | Borussia Dortmund | 28 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 10 | |
| 2008–09 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2008–09 | VfL Bochum | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| 2009–10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | ||
| Argentina | League | Cup | Total | |||||
| 2010–11 | Instituto | Nacional B | 8 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | Argentina | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Spain | ||||||||
| Germany | 213 | 71 | 19 | 14 | 232 | 85 | ||
| Career total | ||||||||
Honours
Club
- Borussia Dortmund
Personal life
Diego is the older brother of Javier Klimowicz, who plays for the Ecuadorian national team. His grandfather was born in Poland before Second World War in territory, which belongs to Ukraine now.[9]
References
- ↑ "Klimowicz: Tourist oder Debütant" (in German). kicker.de. 6 December 2001. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ "Mercato: Diego Klimowicz, Marcell Jansen" (in Spanish). footgol. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ "Gegen 80.000 ist es besonders schwer" (in German). bundesliga.de. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ "Diego Klimowicz – Saison 2001/2002" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ [http://www.fc-koeln.de/index.php?id=723&tx_ttnews[cat]=3&tx_ttnews[pS]=1257030000&tx_ttnews[pL]=2591999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4428&tx_ttnews[backPid]=722&cHash=3a33f9d502 1. FC Köln: Interview mit Diego Klimowicz]
- ↑ [http://www.fc-koeln.de/index.php?id=723&tx_ttnews[cat]=3&tx_ttnews[pS]=1257030000&tx_ttnews[pL]=2591999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4428&tx_ttnews[backPid]=722&cHash=3a33f9d502 "Interview mit Diego Klimowicz"] (in German). 1. FC Köln. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ "Klimowicz: Scout in Argentinien" (in German). vfl-bochum.de. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ "Granadero para la Gloria". Olé (in Spanish). 24 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ↑ "Klimowicz woli Polskę od Ukrainy?" (in Polish). sport.pl. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2012.