Diego Pizarro Explained

Diego Pizarro
Fullname:Diego Enrique Pizarro Bosio
Birth Date:14 August 1990
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Height:1.81 m
Position:Striker, winger
Youthclubs1:Bayern Munich
Years1:2007–2009
Caps1:36
Goals1:7
Years2:2009
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Years3:2010
Caps3:2
Goals3:0
Years4:2011
Caps4:23
Goals4:0
Years6:2012–2013
Caps6:50
Goals6:9
Years7:2014
Caps7:6
Goals7:0
Years8:2014
Caps8:7
Goals8:0
Years9:2015
Caps9:4
Goals9:0
Years10:2015
Caps10:10
Goals10:1
Years11:2016–2019
Years12:2020
Caps12:4
Goals12:0
Club-Update:12:36, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Diego Enrique Pizarro Bosio (born 14 August 1990) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger. He is the younger brother of striker Claudio Pizarro.

Club career

Diego developed as footballer within Bayern Munich's youth academy. On 31 August 2009, it was announced that he joined Peruvian club Coronel Bolognesi for the last part of the 2009 Descentralizado season.[1] However, he did not manage to play for Bolognesi ashe suffered an injury that kept him from making his debut. At the end of the 2009 season Bolognesi was relegated to the second division.

In January 2010, he signed for Peruvian club Sport Boys Association for the start of the 2010 Descentralizado season.[2] Diego made his professional debut in the Peruvian First Division on 29 May 2010 in an away match against José Gálvez FBC. He entered the match in the 73rd minute replacing Miguel Curiel.[3] That season Diego mainly played for the Sport Boys reserve team and finished as the top goal scorer for his team in the 2010 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva with 9 goals. His last appearance for Sport Boys in the Peruvian First Division was on 17 October 2010 in a 2–1 win at home against Universidad César Vallejo.[4]

On 31 January 2011, it was announced that Diego joined Peruvian club Colegio Nacional de Iquitos for the start of the 2011 Descentralizado season.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diego Pizarro y Natalio Portillo reforzarán a Bolognesi . 14 September 2011 . 31 August 2009 . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323031137/http://depor.pe/noticia/335682/diego-pizarro-natalio-portillo-reforzaran-bolognesi . 23 March 2012 . depor.pe . dead .
  2. Web site: Diego Pizarro, el gran hermano . 14 September 2011 . 21 January 2010 . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323031145/http://depor.pe/noticia/401795/diego-pizarro-gran-hermano . 23 March 2012 . depor.pe . dead .
  3. Web site: José Gálvez 2 – 1 Sport Boys . 14 September 2011 . 29 May 2010 . . 2 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102085727/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match/_/id/288740?cc=5901 . dead .
  4. Web site: Sport Boys 2 – 1 César Vallejo . 20 September 2011 . 17 October 2010 . . 2 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102100457/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=309590&cc=5901 . dead .
  5. Web site: Hermano de Claudio jugará en CNI . https://archive.today/20120720233227/http://nuevo.ovacion.pe/node/190122 . dead . 20 July 2012 . 20 September 2011 . 31 January 2011 . Spanish . nuevo.ovacion.pe .