Argentine-Chilean footballer (born 1988)
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Buonanotte
and the second or maternal family name is
Rende
.
Diego Mario Buonanotte Rende
(
Spanish pronunciation:
[?dje?o
?ma?jo
βwona?note
?rende]
; born 19 April 1988) is an Argentine professional
footballer
who plays for Chilean club
O'Higgins
as an
attacking midfielder
and
winger
.
[2]
He began his career with
River Plate
, where he won the
Apertura
in 2008
, and later played in Spain with
Malaga
and
Granada
.
Buonanotte was part of the
Argentine squad
that won the gold medal at the
2008 Olympics
.
Club career
[
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River Plate
[
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]
Born in
Teodelina
,
Santa Fe
, Buonanotte made his professional debut as a 17-year-old on 9 April 2006, in the 3?1 win against
Instituto
. On 7 October 2007, only one week after his first game, he scored his first goal at senior level. Buonanotte was picked by coach
Daniel Passarella
to start in the
derby
against
Boca Juniors
. River Plate won 2?0, with Buonanotte playing a key role in the victory. He was named by
World Soccer
magazine
as one of the '50 most exciting teenagers in the world game'.
[3]
Buonanotte was part of the
2008 Apertura
winning team.
Malaga
[
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]
On 21 January 2011 Buonanotte signed a five-year contract with
Malaga CF
, but he was loaned to River Plate until July 2011. The reason he left Malaga was not about his appearances with his team but the 1.6 million dollars that River Plate gave for a loan for him.
[4]
[5]
He scored his first goal for Malaga on 21 December 2011 in a 2?2 home draw against
Getafe CF
in the
Copa del Rey
(winning 3?2 on aggregate.)
On 21 November 2012, he scored his careers first
Champions League
goal, in a 2?2 away draw against
Zenit
. Also he scored goals against Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Granada
[
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]
On 31 January 2013, Buonanotte signed a
4
+
1
⁄
2
-year contract with
Granada
.
[6]
After moving to Granada, Buonanotte told Goal.com, he left Malaga in order to get playing time.
[7]
He was previously linked with a move to Italian side
Palermo
but opted for Granada.
[8]
On 28 August 2014, after being left out of the first-team during the pre-season, Buonanotte was loaned to
C.F. Pachuca
in a one-year deal.
[9]
After playing in their pre-season in Mexico, Buonanotte signed on a six-month loan for
Quilmes AC
on 30 January 2015.
[10]
AEK Athens
[
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]
In August 2015, Buonanotte signed a two-year contract with
AEK Athens
.
[11]
On the third matchday of the
2015?16 season
he scored twice in a 3?1 home win against
PAS Giannina
.
[12]
On 22 November 2015, he scored his fifth league goal helping
AEK Athens
win against
Panthrakikos
.
[13]
On 2 December 2015, he scored two goals in his first appearance in the
Greek Cup
in a 6?0 home win against
Panelefsiniakos
. On 17 December, he again scored a brace in a 5?0 away win against
AEL
in the cup.
[14]
He finished the year with 11 goals in 35 appearances in all competitions.
Universidad Catolica
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]
On 19 July 2016, Buonanotte signed for
Universidad Catolica
.
[15]
There, he won the
2016 Apertura
, scoring 8 goals in 13 matches. Also winning the
2016 Clausura
, and most recently
2018
-
2019
Chilean Primera Division.
[16]
[17]
Sporting Cristal
[
edit
]
In 5 July 2022, Buonanotte joined Peruvian side
Sporting Cristal
until December 2023.
[18]
Return to Chile
[
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]
In 2023, he returned to Chile by signing with
Union La Calera
.
[19]
The next season, he switched to
O'Higgins
.
[20]
International career
[
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]
Buonanotte was selected by
Sergio Batista
to be one of the 18 players to represent
Argentina
in the
2008 Olympics
. He only played in the third group-stage game against
Serbia
, scoring from a long-range free-kick. He won the
gold medal
with his national team at that tournament.
Personal life
[
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]
Car crash
[
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]
In December 2009, Buonanotte survived a fatal car crash as the sole survivor after he lost control of his car on an Argentine freeway. He was taken to the hospital with multiple injuries while three friends who were travelling with him in the car died at the scene of the crash. The footballer was driving his father's
Peugeot 307
back from a night out when he veered off the 65th highway and collided with a tree. The accident occurred about 15 km outside Clementina, Santa Fe. Another car carrying more friends of Buonanotte also arrived on the scene of the accident afterwards eager to find out what had happened. The footballer is said to have been conscious when he was pulled from the wreckage but had sustained serious injuries.
Eduardo Allegrini, director of the hospital, where Buonanotte was taken after the crash, said "(Buonanotte) has fractured his right humerus, right clavicle and has bruised his right lung". Allegrini clarified that the River player's condition was stable but he remained in intensive care under observation. Guillermo Fernandez, a firefighter who helped pull Buonanotte from the crash site said: "Diego told us he lost control of the car".
[21]
[22]
Back to the pitch
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]
It was initially thought that Buonanotte's
convalescence
would require up to seven months for complete recovery,
[23]
but he was able to return to the pitch on 17 April 2010, when he replaced
Diego Barrado
in the second half of a match against
Godoy Cruz
. River won 2?1 at home.
[24]
[25]
On 30 April, he scored for the first time since his accident, clinching a 2?1 victory against
Velez Sarsfield
at the
Monumental
.
[26]
Later that year, A local prosecutor Carlos Colimedaglia, believes that Buonanotte should be charged with three counts of manslaughter.
[27]
Buonanotte, himself, says he managed to cope with the accident but revealed the opposition fans shout slurs directed at him, like "murderer".
[28]
Chilean naturalization
[
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]
In December 2021, he acquired the
Chilean nationality
by residence
along with his colleague
Matias Zaldivia
,
[29]
keeping the Argentine nationality.
[30]
Career statistics
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]
Club
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]
- As of 18 June 2022
[31]
Club
|
Season
|
League
|
National Cup
|
Continental
|
Other
|
Total
|
Division
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
Apps
|
Goals
|
River Plate
|
2006-07
|
A. Primera Division
|
1
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
1
|
0
|
2007-08
|
A. Primera Division
|
25
|
11
|
?
|
8
|
0
|
?
|
33
|
11
|
2008-09
|
A. Primera Division
|
31
|
3
|
?
|
8
|
1
|
?
|
39
|
4
|
2009-10
|
A. Primera Division
|
23
|
9
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
23
|
9
|
2010-11
|
A. Primera Division
|
26
|
2
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
26
|
2
|
Total
|
106
|
25
|
?
|
17
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
122
|
26
|
Malaga
|
2011-12
|
La Liga
|
15
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
?
|
?
|
19
|
1
|
2012-13
|
La Liga
|
8
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
3
[a]
|
1
|
?
|
15
|
4
|
Total
|
23
|
1
|
9
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
35
|
5
|
Granada
|
2012-13
|
La Liga
|
15
|
1
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
15
|
1
|
2013-14
|
La Liga
|
24
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
25
|
0
|
Total
|
39
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
?
|
0
|
0
|
40
|
1
|
Pachuca
(loan)
|
2014
|
Liga MX
|
13
|
0
|
?
|
1
[b]
|
1
|
?
|
14
|
1
|
Quilmes
(loan)
|
2015
|
A. Primera Division
|
12
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
13
|
1
|
AEK Atenas
|
2015-16
|
Super League Greece
|
27
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
?
|
?
|
35
|
11
|
Universidad Catolica
|
2016-17
|
C. Primera Division
|
27
|
11
|
5
|
1
|
8
[c]
|
1
|
1
[d]
|
0
|
41
|
13
|
2017
|
C. Primera Division
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
?
|
1
[d]
|
0
|
15
|
6
|
2018
|
C. Primera Division
|
26
|
7
|
1
|
0
|
?
|
?
|
27
|
7
|
2019
|
C. Primera Division
|
21
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
4
[e]
|
0
|
1
[d]
|
1
|
31
|
4
|
2020
|
C. Primera Division
|
24
|
0
|
?
|
7
[f]
|
1
|
?
|
31
|
1
|
2021
|
C. Primera Division
|
19
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
3
[g]
|
0
|
1
[d]
|
0
|
27
|
3
|
2022
|
C. Primera Division
|
11
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
[g]
|
0
|
1
[d]
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
Total
|
138
|
26
|
20
|
5
|
26
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
189
|
34
|
Career total
|
358
|
60
|
39
|
13
|
47
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
449
|
79
|
Honours
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Club
[
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River Plate
AEK
Universidad Catolica
International
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Individual
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References
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]
- ^
"Buonanotte, Diego Mario Buonanotte Rende - Footballer"
.
www.bdfutbol.com
. Retrieved
22 March
2023
.
- ^
"Buonanotte se hizo cargo del descenso de River, aunque esa tarde estaba en el bautismo de su hija"
.
Todo Noticias
(in Spanish). 5 May 2020
. Retrieved
6 October
2020
.
- ^
"Top 50 Most Exciting Teen Footballers (2007)"
. Soccerlens. 29 November 2007
. Retrieved
15 August
2008
.
- ^
"Malaga Prepare Offer For River Plate's Diego Buonanotte - Report"
. Goal.com. 6 January 2011
. Retrieved
4 February
2013
.
- ^
"Malaga seal Buonanotte deal"
. Sky Sports. 14 January 2011
. Retrieved
4 February
2013
.
- ^
"Malaga Club de Futbol and Granada Club de Futbol agree transfer of Diego Buonanotte"
. Malagacf. 31 January 2013
. Retrieved
31 January
2013
.
- ^
"I left Malaga because I want to play regularly, admits Buonanotte"
. Goal.com. 2 February 2013
. Retrieved
4 February
2013
.
- ^
"Malaga midfielder Diego Buonanotte hopes to join Palermo"
. Sky Sports. 4 January 2013
. Retrieved
4 February
2013
.
- ^
"Buonanotte cedido al Pachuca"
[Buonanotte loaned to Pachuca] (in Spanish). Granada's official website. 28 August 2014. Archived from
the original
on 31 August 2014
. Retrieved
30 August
2014
.
- ^
"Diego Buonanotte firmo con Quilmes: "Sera dificil enfrentar a River, pero defendere a muerte esta camiseta"
"
[Diego Buonanotte signed with Quilmes: "It will be difficult to play against River, but I will defend this shirt to the death] (in Spanish). La Nacion. 30 January 2015
. Retrieved
11 June
2015
.
- ^
Buonanotte set to finalise AEK move
- ^
Με ηγ?τη τον Μπουοναν?τε, 3-1 η ΑΕΚ τον ΠΑΣ Γι?ννινα
. Retrieved 13 September 2015
- ^
Buonanotte believes victory will help AEK calm
. Retrieved 22 November 2015
- ^
≪Πεντ?ρα≫ με... ζωγραφι?? Μπουοναν?τε!
Archived
8 May 2016 at the
Wayback Machine
Retrieved 17 December 2015
- ^
"Universidad Catolica oficializo acuerdo con Diego Buonanotte"
.
- ^
"Buonanotte: el extranjero mas laureado de la historia de la Catolica"
.
Onefootball Espanol
(in European Spanish). 2 December 2019
. Retrieved
3 December
2019
.
- ^
Pozo, Camila Rayen Huecho; Today, Chile (1 December 2019).
"Universidad Catolica Champion of Chile As Season Stops Short"
.
Chile Today
. Retrieved
3 December
2019
.
- ^
@ClubSCristal (5 July 2022).
"Comunicacion oficial del Club Sporting Cristal"
(
Tweet
) (in Spanish)
. Retrieved
5 July
2022
– via
Twitter
.
- ^
Caldera, Claudio (11 January 2023).
"Diego Buonanotte aterrizo en Chile para transformarse en el nuevo fichaje de Union La Calera"
.
ADN Radio
(in Spanish)
. Retrieved
22 January
2024
.
- ^
Madariaga, Carlos (22 January 2024).
"Diego Buonanotte es oficializado como nuevo jugador de O'Higgins"
.
ADN Radio
(in Spanish)
. Retrieved
22 January
2024
.
- ^
Clarin
newspaper, 26 December 2009
Archived
29 December 2009 at the
Wayback Machine
(in Spanish)
- ^
"Diego Buonanotte Suffers Car Accident"
. Goal.com. 26 December 2009
. Retrieved
4 February
2013
.
- ^
Buonanotte to miss 7 months after deadly car crash
- ^
River midfielder returns four months after fatal crash
- ^
Volvio una Noche...
(in Spanish)
- ^
River gano con un gol de Buonanotte
Archived
4 May 2010 at the
Wayback Machine
(in Spanish)
- ^
"River Plate's Diego Buonanotte Answers Charges For Triple Manslaughter"
. Goal.com. 15 September 2010
. Retrieved
4 February
2013
.
- ^
"River Plate's Diego Buonanotte: I Am Now Used To Murderer Chants"
. Goal.com. 7 December 2010
. Retrieved
4 February
2013
.
- ^
"¡Ya son chilenos! Diego Buonanotte y Matias Zaldivia recibieron su carta de nacionalidad"
.
alairelibre.cl
(in Spanish).
Radio Cooperativa
. 6 December 2021
. Retrieved
27 April
2022
.
- ^
"Doble Nacionalidad"
.
Argentina.gob.ar
(in Spanish). 12 April 2019
. Retrieved
27 April
2022
.
- ^
"D. Buonanotte"
. Retrieved
2 March
2022
.
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