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Diego Barreto
Personal information
Full name Diego Daniel Barreto Caceres
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Cerro Porteño
Number 1
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team Competition

Diego Daniel Barreto Caceres (born July 16, 1981) is a Paraguayan football goalkeeper who started his career in the Club Cerro Porteño, being trained by Modesto Sandoval and was the team-mate of Aldo Bobadilla in the inferiors of Cerro, he currently plays for Cerro Porteño.

He 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, finishing second, 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 1st team, returning to Paraguay in January 2008. However, he signed again for the Argentine team in July 2008.

He also holds Italian passport.

In 2008 he spend a month with FC Locarno, he played only 1 match, taking 4 goals in the derby against FC Lugano, than he flight back home to play in Paraguay. [citation needed]