Diego Latorre

Diego Latorre
Diego Fernando Latorre (born 4 August 1969) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker or as an offensive midfielder.
Career
Latorre was born in Buenos Aires. He made his professional debut for Boca Juniors on 18 October 1987 against Platense scoring his first goal at the same match. He won the 1991 Argentine league with Boca Juniors. His good performance took him to play with the Argentina national football team scoring his first goal in a Copa America match against Peru.
In 1992, he joined Fiorentina with Gabriel Batistuta after the pair helped Argentina to win the Copa America in 1991. While Batistuta eventually became one of Fiorentina's all-time greats, Latorre only made two appearances with the club and quickly left for CD Tenerife in La Liga. He made 67 appearances 15 goals with the Spanish club. He moved to UD Salamanca in 1995, but only spent a single season there. He returned to Boca Juniors in 1996. He also played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and Rosario Central after returning from Europe. He later played in Mexico and Guatemala before retiring in 2005.
After retirement
Latorre joined Fox Sports Latin America as a sportscaster, and has worked alongside Juan Manuel "Bambino" Pons, Mariano Closs and Sebastián "El Pollo" Vignolo as a football match analyst (co-commentator) for Fox Sports Latin America (South Cone).
After Disney acquired Fox Sports Latin America (South Cone) and integrated its operation with Disney-owned ESPN Sur in 2020, Latorre, along with many other Fox Sports Latin America (South Cone) talent including Closs, Pons and Vignolo, moved to ESPN Sur, where he is currently the #1 football match analyst (co-commentator) for the men's Argentine Liga Profesional del Fútbol, the men's CONMEBOL Libertadores and the men's UEFA Champions League.
Honours
Boca Juniors
Supercopa Libertadores: 1989
Recopa Sudamericana: 1990
Argentine Primera División Torneo Apertura: 1992
Copa Master de Supercopa: 1992
Comunicaciones F.C.
Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala: 2003 Clausura
Dorados de Sinaloa
Ascenso MX: 2003 Apertura
Argentina
Copa América: 1991
Individual
Argentine Primera División Top-scorer: 1992
References
External links
Argentina Soccer
News
1969 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football forwards
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine people of Basque descent
Boca Juniors footballers
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Chacarita Juniors footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Cruz Azul footballers
Dorados de Sinaloa footballers
ACF Fiorentina players
CD Tenerife players
UD Salamanca players
Comunicaciones F.C. players
Argentine Primera División players
La Liga players
Serie A players
Liga MX players
Argentina men's international footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
1991 Copa América players
Copa América-winning players