Diego Viera (born April 10, 1972 in

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) is a Uruguayan

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who played professionally in Uruguay and

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. Viera began playing for

C.A. Cerro Club Atlético Cerro, usually known simply as Cerro, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Segunda División. Founded in 1922, the club plays its home games at Estadio Luis Tróccoli. ...

in the Primera Division Uruguaya in 1990. On February 7, 1996, the

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selected Viera in the fifth round (forty-seventh overall) of the

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. In 1998, he signed with the

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in the National Professional Soccer League.NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS -- 1998-1999

References

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