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Diego Arismendi 
Personal information Full name Hugo Diego Arismendi Ciapparetta Date of birth 25 January 1988 Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Stoke City Number 32 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2009 Club Nacional 55 (2) 2009– Stoke City 0 (0) 2010 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 6 (0) 2010–2011 → Barnsley (loan) 31 (1) National team‡ 2008– Uruguay 2 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:12, 5 May 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 21, 2008Hugo Diego Arismendi Ciapparetta[1] (born 25 January 1988) is a Uruguayan footballer playing for English Premier League side Stoke City. He also plays for the Uruguayan national team. He completed a £2.6 million deal on 31 August 2009 from Nacional.
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Career
Stoke City
On 29 August 2009 it was reported that Arismendi had agreed personal terms and passed a medical with Stoke City. It was then announced late on the 31 August 2009 that he had signed for a fee of £2.6 million possibly rising to £4.8 million. [2] Arismendi made his Stoke debut in a 4–3 win over Blackpool in the League Cup on 22 September 2009. He was substituted at half-time due to an injury.[3]
On the 2 March 2010 Arismendi joined League One side Brighton & Hove Albion on loan linking up with fellow country man Gus Poyet.[4] His time on the south coast was overshadowed by injury as he endured a miserable time which ended with a red card against MK Dons in his final game for The seagulls. On 12 July 2010 Arismendi joined championship side Barnsley on a season long loan.[5] He scored his first goal in English football against Leeds United in a 5–2 win for Barnsley.[6]
International career
He received his first international cap in a friendly match against Norway on 28 May 2008 followed up by his second in a World Cup qualifer against Bolivia both games finished 2–2.
Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Nacional 2006–07 10 0 – – 0 0 10 0 2007–08 21 1 – – 13 1 34 2 2008–09 24 1 – – 10 1 34 2 Total 55 2 – – 23 2 78 4 Stoke City 2009–10 0 0 0 0 2 0 – 2 0 2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 Total 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2009–10 6 0 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Barnsley (loan) 2010–11 31 1 1 0 0 0 – 32 1 Total 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 Career total 92 3 1 0 2 0 25 2 120 5 Personal life
Since moving to England, Arismendi has been branded a 'noise pest' after forcing his neighbour to move due to hosting late night parties.[7]
References
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/09/2009 and 30/09/2009". The Football Association. http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/RegList_September09.ashx/RegList_September09.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ "Uruguayan Star Joins Potters". Stoke City FC. 31 August 2009. http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~1783834,00.html. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ "Stoke City 4–3 Blackpool". Stoke City FC (Stoke City). http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~1981584,00.html. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Diego Joins Brighton". Stoke City FC (Stoke City). 22 September 2009. http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/MatchReport/0,,10310~50800,00.html. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ^ "Arismendi's Loan Move To Barnsley". stokecityfc.com. http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2089872,00.html. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ "Barnsley 5–2 Leeds". BBC Sport. 14 September 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8989249.stm. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ "Premiership footballer Diego Arismendi's late night parties 'forced neighbour to move out'". Telegraph (London). 19 February 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/7263104/Premiership-footballer-Diego-Arismendis-late-night-parties-forced-neighbour-to-move-out.html. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
External links
- Diego Arismendi career stats at Soccerbase
- Diego Arismendi profile at stokecityfc.com
- Diego Arismendi playing stats at ESPN Soccernet
Stoke City F.C. – current squad 1 Begović · 3 Higginbotham · 4 Huth · 6 Whelan · 8 Soares · 9 Jones · 10 Fuller · 11 Sidibe · 12 Wilson · 15 Diao · 16 Pennant · 17 Shawcross (c) · 18 Whitehead · 19 Walters · 20 Upson · 23 Tonge · 24 Delap · 25 Crouch · 26 Etherington · 27 Nash · 28 Wilkinson · 29 Sørensen · 30 Shotton · 32 Arismendi · 33 Jerome · 36 Lund · 38 Cuvelier · 39 Woodgate · 40 Palacios · Manager: Pulis
Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Montevideo
- Uruguayan people of Basque descent
- Uruguayan people of Italian descent
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Association football defenders
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Barnsley F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Expatriate footballers in England
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