Diego Enrique Pizarro Bosio (born 14 August 1990) is a Peruvian professional

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who plays as a striker or winger. He is the younger brother of striker

Claudio Pizarro Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (; born 3 October 1978) is a Peruvian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently serving as Club Ambassador for Bayern Munich. He was captain of Peru's national football team, being ...

Club career

Diego developed as footballer within Bayern Munich's

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. On 31 August 2009, it was announced that he joined

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club Coronel Bolognesi for the last part of the 2009 Descentralizado season. However, he did not manage to play for Bolognesi as he 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

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for the start of the 2010 Descentralizado season. Diego made his professional debut in the

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on 29 May 2010 in an away match against

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. He entered the match in the 73rd minute replacing Miguel Curiel. 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

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pizarro, Diego 1990 births Living people Footballers from Lima Men's association football forwards Peruvian men's footballers Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Peruvian Primera División players Academia Deportiva Cantolao players Coronel Bolognesi footballers Sport Boys footballers Colegio Nacional Iquitos footballers Cienciano footballers Unión Comercio footballers FBC Melgar footballers Juan Aurich footballers Comerciantes Unidos footballers