Diego Latorre

Diego Latorre

Latorre in June, 2015.
Personal information
Full name	Diego Fernando Latorre
Date of birth	(1969-08-04) 4 August 1969
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1992	Boca Juniors	119	(33)
1992–1993	Fiorentina	2	(0)
1993–1995	Tenerife	69	(15)
1995-1996	UD Salamanca	22	(1)
1996–1998	Boca Juniors	67	(23)
1998–1999	Racing Club	29	(10)
1999–2000	Cruz Azul	18	(6)
2000	Rosario Central	14	(2)
2000–2001	Chacarita Juniors	9	(1)
2001–2003	Club Celaya	68	(27)
2003	Comunicaciones
2003–2004	Dorados de Sinaloa
2004–2005	Comunicaciones	15	(5)
2005–2006	Alacranes de Durango	13	(0)
International career
1991	Argentina	6	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Fernando Latorre (born August 4, 1969 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football striker.

Latorre was the first Argentine player to be labelled as the "New Maradona". He made his professional debut for Boca Juniors on October 18, 1987 against Platense scoring his first goal at the same match. He won the 1991 Argentine league with Boca Juniors. His good performance took him to play with the Argentina national football team scoring his first goal in a Friendly match against Brazil.

In 1992, he joined Fiorentina with Gabriel Batistuta after the pair helped Argentina to win the Copa America in 1991. While Batistuta eventually became one of Fiorentina's all-time greats, Latorre only made 2 appearance with the club and quickly left for CD Tenerife in La Liga. He made 67 appearances 15 goals with the Spanish club. He moved to UD Salamanca in 1995, but only spent a single season there. He returned to Boca Juniors in 1996. He also played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and Rosario Central after returning from Europe. He later played in Mexico and Guatemala before retiring in 2005.

Currently

Diego Latorre is it Sportscaster in Fox Sports Latinoamérica, joined with Juan Manuel Pons or Gustavo Cima in the play py play for Latin América (South Cone).

References

• Diego Latorre at National-Football-Teams.com
• Argentina Soccer
• News