The Argentine Football Association (AFA) reported this Tuesday that Diego Placente will be the substitute Javier Mascherano on the bench of the Argentina U-20 team, following the announcement that the former Liverpool and Barcelona midfielder will take over as manager of Inter Miami of the MLS.
“#U20 Diego Placente is the one chosen to take charge of the youth team that will participate in the next South American of the category in January. Success, Diego!”, announced the AFA through the official profile of the Argentine team on the social network X.
Minutes earlier, through the same account, the AFA announced Mascherano’s departure and explained that the ‘Little Boss’ left the position to continue his career as a coach at the American club, where he will replace his compatriot. Gerardo Martino and he will direct his former teammates at Barcelona Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
Promoted from under-17
Placente, 47 years old and He holds the position of coach of the Argentine under-17 teamwill thus be in charge of the under-20 category team that will participate in the South American Championship that will be held in Venezuela between January 23 and February 16, 2025.
Argentina will be part of group A along with Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay and Venezuela, and will seek to achieve a better result than the one obtained in the previous edition, held in Colombia in 2023 and in which it could not overcome the group stage.
He played for Celta
Pleasurable He had an extensive career as a winger standing out at River Plate, Bayer Leverkusen and Celta de Vigo, while his career as a coach began in 2017, leading the Argentine under-15 team.
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In 2023 he took charge of the U-17 team, with which he obtained very good results: he finished fourth in the World Cup held in Indonesia and third in the South American Championship held in Ecuador.
