Diego Vicente Aguirre Camblor (born 13 September 1965) is a Uruguayan football

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and former player who played as a forward.

Playing career

A Liverpool Montevideo youth graduate, Aguirre joined the club in 1982 at the age of 16, and made his senior debut in the following year. In 1986, he moved to city rivals

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...

, and was a part of the squad which won the 1987 Copa Libertadores, scoring a last-minute winner in the Final. In 1988, after an unassuming spell with

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, Aguirre had a brief stint with Sven-Göran Eriksson's ACF Fiorentina, appearing only in the

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. He subsequently moved to Brazil, representing

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and

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. In the following years Aguirre rarely settled into a club, and played for Portuguesa, Independiente, Peñarol, Bolívar, CA Marbella, Danubio,

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, Deportivo FAS, River Plate Montevideo,

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and Rentistas.

Managerial career

After starting his career with

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in 2002, Aguirre returned to his former club Peñarol in 2003. Despite winning the year's championship, he was sacked in December 2004. On 20 December 2005, Aguirre was named in charge of Aucas, but was sacked the following March. In 2007, he was appointed manager of

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, and was subsequently in charge of Alianza Lima for just five matches. In 2008, Aguirre was named Uruguay under-20 manager, after a request of

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. On 7 December 2010 he returned to Peñarol, winning another national championship and reaching the finals of the

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, where his side lost to Santos. Diego Aguirre 2012

On 5 September 2011, Aguirre signed for

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, remaining in charge until 4 November 2013. He subsequently replaced Zico at the helm of

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, being appointed on 2 February 2014. On 22 December 2014, Aguirre was named manager of another club he represented as a player, Internacional, being relieved from his duties the following 6 August. On 3 December 2015, he signed a two-year deal with

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, resigning on 19 May. On 27 June 2016, Aguirre replaced Pablo Guede at the helm of San Lorenzo. On 22 September of the following year, he resigned after being knocked out of the year's Copa Libertadores. On 11 March 2018, Aguirre was appointed manager of another former club, São Paulo. On 11 November, after falling down from the first to the fifth position, he left the club. He returned to Al Rayyan for a second spell in July 2019. In his first season, the club finished second in the league without to win any trophies, also the team were eliminated in the AFC Champions League play-off round. During Aguirre's second season as head coach, he saw some of his top players leaving the club, Hamid Ismail, Sebastián and Tabata, after a poor run of results in their first matches, Aguirre announced on the media that he would be leaving the club by mutual agreement, he was linked to São Paulo on 6 October 2020, He left the club after the disappointing draw against Al-Arabi on 11 December. One week later, Aguirre replaced by French coach

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. On 19 June 2021, Aguirre returned to Brazil and Internacional, after replacing Miguel Ángel Ramírez. He left the club on a mutual agreement on 15 December, after missing out a Copa Libertadores spot in the last round.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

; Peñarol *

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* Copa Libertadores:

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; Deportivo FAS * Salvadoran Primera División: 1996

Manager

; Peñarol *

: 2003, 2009–10 ; Al-Rayyan *

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Sheikh Jassem Cup The Sheikh Jassim Cup ( ar, كأس الشيخ جاسم) is an annual men's super cup competition in Qatari football held between the winner of the Qatar Stars League and the Emir of Qatar Cup. History The inaugural Sheikh Jassim Cup was held i ...

; Internacional *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: 2015 ;Cruz Azul * Supercopa de la Liga MX:

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