Diego Nicolás Guastavino Bentancor (born 26 July 1984) is a Uruguayan

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who currently plays as an

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for Uruguayan club Atenas de San Carlos.

Career

Guastavino started his career playing for

Sud América Institución Atlética Sud América, usually known as Sud América or just IASA, is a football club from Montevideo. They currently play in the Uruguayan Segunda Division. History Sud América has won the Uruguayan 2nd Division on 7 occasion ...

. After a brief spell in

Deportivo Maldonado Club Deportivo Maldonado is a football club from Maldonado, Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan Primera División following their promotion from the Uruguayan Segunda División at the end of the 2019 season. History Club Deportivo M ...

, he emigrated to

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football to play for

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

. He returned home in 2007 to River Plate, and again at

. He came to FC Lyn Oslo in March 2008 on recommendation by and help from Terje Liverød and

Matías Almeyda Matías Jesús Almeyda (; born 21 December 1973) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Greek Super League club AEK Athens. Nicknamed ''El Pelado'' ("bald one") despite his traditionally l ...

. On 4 August 2009 he moved to SK Brann.

Querétaro

In June 2012, he signed a new deal with

Primera División de México The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and amo ...

side

Querétaro F.C. Querétaro Fútbol Club, also called ''Gallos Blancos de Querétaro'', is a Mexican professional football club based in Querétaro City. Querétaro plays in the Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system. Their colors are blue, ...

Diego Guastavino llega a Queretaro
/ref> He was released from his contract in September 2014 in order to leave a spot for

Ronaldinho Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho () or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger. Wide ...

to join the team.

Career statistics

Honors

Club

;

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...

: * Torneo Descentralizado:

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan expatriate footballers Sud América players Deportivo Maldonado players FC Lugano players Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players Lyn Fotball players SK Brann players Universidad de Concepción footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Carlos A. Mannucci players Swiss Challenge League players Liga MX players Peruvian Primera División players Eliteserien players Chilean Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Uruguayan Primera División players Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Norway Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate footballers in Peru Association football midfielders Association football forwards {{Uruguay-footy-forward-1980s-stub