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Full name: Diego Martín Forlán Corazo
Date of birth: May 19, 1979
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality: Uruguayan
2nd nationality: Spanish
EU passport: Yes
Height: 172 cms
Weight: 75 kgs

Club: Atlético Madrid
Position: Striker [C]
Squad Number: 7
Contract expires: Juni 2013
Previous clubs: Independiente > (€11m) Manchester United > Villarreal > (€21m) Atletico Madrid

International debut: March 2002, v Saudi Arabia
International Caps: 56
International Goals: 21
World Cups: Korea/Japan 2002
English FA Premier League (2003)
English FA Cup (2004)

Spanish La Liga Primera Top Scorer (2005, 2009)



SeasonClubCountryLevelGPGS
2008-09 Atlético Madrid ESP A 33 32
2007-08 Atlético Madrid ESP A 36 16
2006-07 Villarreal ESP A 36 18
2005-06 Villarreal ESP A 31 10
2004-05 Villarreal ESP A 38 25
2004-05 Manchester United ENG A 1 0
2003-04 Manchester United ENG A 24 4
2002-03 Manchester United ENG A 25 6
2001-02 Manchester United ENG A 13 0
2001-02 Independiente ARG A 18 12
2000-01 Independiente ARG A 36 18
1999-00 Independiente ARG A 21 6
1998-99 Independiente ARG A 2 0
Career Totals:314147


UEFA Champions League 2005-06

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
25/04 Estadio El Madrigal, Vila-real Villarreal 0:0 Arsenal 90 0 0 1 2 0 0
19/04 Arsenal Stadium, London Arsenal 1:0 Villarreal 89 0 0 0 1 0 0
04/04 Estadio El Madrigal, Vila-real Villarreal 1:0 Internazionale 89 0 0 1 0 0 0
29/03 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Internazionale 2:1 Villarreal 90 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/03 Estadio El Madrigal, Vila-real Villarreal 1:1 Rangers 90 0 0 3 3 0 0
22/02 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Rangers 2:2 Villarreal 90 1 0 3 2 1 0
07/12 Estadio El Madrigal, Vila-real Villarreal 1:0 Lille 83 0 0 0 1 0 0
06/12 Karaiskaki Stadium, Athens Olympiacos 2:1 Real Madrid 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
02/11 Estadio da Luz, Lisbon Benfica 0:1 Villarreal 52 0 0 0 3 0 0
18/10 Estadio El Madrigal, Vila-real Villarreal 1:1 Benfica 90 0 0 0 2 0 0
27/09 Stade de France, Paris Lille 0:0 Villarreal 84 0 0 0 2 0 0
14/09 Estadio El Madrigal, Vila-real Villarreal 0:0 Man. United 90 0 0 1 1 0 0
Competition Totals:10272091710
Competition Average:85.580.1700.751.420.080

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards


FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan 2002

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
11/06 Big Bird Stadium, Suwon SEN 3:3 URU 45 1 0 0 2 0 0
Competition Totals:45100200
Competition Average:45100200

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards



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1979
Born May 19 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
1999
April: Member of the Uruguayan team that reached the FIFA World Youth Championship semifinals in Nigeria.
2006
April: Member of the Villarreal team that reached the UEFA Champions League semifinals, losing against Arsenal on dramatic style.
July: Extends contract with Villarreal until 2010.
2007
June 30: Agreed to move to Club Atletico de Madrid on a four-year deal reported to be in the region of €21m.
July: Represented Uruguay in the Copa America of Venezuela. He scored three goals in 6 matches as they finished in 4th place.
July 28: Scored his first goal for Atletico Madrid eleven minutes into his debut in the Intertoto Cup Third round match against Gloria Bistrita.
2008
April 6: Scored once in Atletico de Madrid's 6-3 defeat of Almeria, to take his personal tally in La Liga to 68 and become the highest-ever Uruguayan goalscorer in the history of the Spanish league.
June 17: Scored a hat-trick to help Uruguay rout a shambolic Peru 6-0 in their World Cup qualifier.
2009
May 23: Scored a 14-minute hat-trick for Atletico Madrid on their La Liga 4-1 defeat of Athletic Bilbao.
May 30: Scored his 32nd Liga goal of the season during Club Atletico de Madrid's 3-0 win over UD Almeria to claim the ESM Golden Shoe as Europe's top goalscorer as well as Spain's Pichichi award for the second time. He equalled Prudencio Sanchez's 1940/41 club record of scoring in eight successive league games and became the first player to score 30 goals or more in a Liga season since former FC Barcelona striker Ronaldo hit 34 in 1997.

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