Diego Polenta

Diego Polenta
	Polenta with LA Galaxy in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Diego Fabián Polenta Musetti
Date of birth	6 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Club Nacional de Football
Number	23
Youth career
	Danubio
2008–2011	Genoa
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2015	Genoa
2011–2014	→ Bari (loan)
2014–2015	→ Nacional (loan)
2015–2018	Nacional
2019–2020	LA Galaxy
2020–2021	Olimpia
2021–2022	Nacional
2022–2023	Cerro Largo
2022	→ Unión (loan)
2023–	Nacional
International career
2007	Uruguay U15
2008–2009	Uruguay U17
2011	Uruguay U20
2012	Uruguay Olympic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023

Diego Fabián Polenta Musetti (Spanish pronunciation:

centre-back for Uruguayan club Nacional.^[1]

Club career

Born in

Genoa

, and he was moved to the club in July 2008.

He spent the whole 2009-10 season with the Primavera team. In the 2010-11 season he was included on the first team squad, with the 35 jersey.

On 30 April 2011, he made his first team debut, against

Napoli, after came off the bench to replace Giandomenico Mesto.^[4]

On 29 August 2011, he signed a season-long loan deal with the

In 2014 he joined Uruguayan side

2016 Uruguayan Primera División.^[7]

He subsequently became the Captain of Nacional. In July 2017 he won the Torneo Intermedio Final.^[8]

In July 2018, with Polenta's contract expiring at Nacional at the end of June 2018, Spanish Newspaper

Leeds United, with the player taking time to consider the proposals.^[9]

On 7 February 2019, Polenta joined

He has been capped by the

Uruguay Olympic football team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he played in one game.^[11]

He was called up to the Uruguay squad for friendlies against Republic of Ireland and Estonia.^[12] Polenta was named in Uruguay's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Peru in March 2016.^[13]

Mainly a centre back, he can also operate as a left back.


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 January 2011	Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa, Peru	Argentina	0–1	2–1	2011 South American Youth Championship
2.	22 January 2011	Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa, Peru	Chile	0–4	0–4	2011 South American Youth Championship
3.	13 July 2011	Flores , Uruguay	Guatemala	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Club

Individual

^ "D. POLENTA". Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ "Uruguay 1-0 Peru". goal.com. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^ "3 - DIEGO POLENTA". auf.org.uy. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ Napoli vs. Genoa 1-0
^ "Diego Polenta arregló con el Bari" (in Spanish). ovaciondigital.com.uy. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Calciomercato Bari, oggi è il giorno dei ritorni" (in Italian). 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
^ "Polenta went inside and the defense settled" (in Spanish). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "Uruguay's Nacional captain Diego Polenta kisses the trophy". 16 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "Leeds United approach for Diego Polenta detailed, club have 'tried to bet heavily' on the player". 19 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "LA Galaxy sign defender Diego Polenta". 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
^ Diego Polenta – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Uruguay squad for Ireland friendly named". Green Scene. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Uruguay 1-0 Peru". goal.com. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.