Diego Cañete
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Daniel Cañete[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Olavarría, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| El Fortín | |||
| –2004 | Independiente | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Racing de Olavarría | ||
| 2007–2008 | El Fortín | ||
| 2008 | Quilmes | ||
| 2009–2011 | Racing de Olavarría | ||
| 2011–2012 | Ferro Carril Sud | 31 | (9) |
| 2012–2013 | Belgrano | 0 | (0) |
| Argentino de Pehuajó | |||
| Ferro Carril Sud | |||
| 2019–2020 | Hong Kong Rangers | 8 | (1) |
| 2021 | Metro Gallery | 11 | (8) |
| 2022–2023 | Racing de Olavarría | ||
| S.T.M.O Olavarría | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Diego Daniel Cañete (born 25 June 1986) is an Argentine former footballer.
Born in Olavarría, Cañete began his career with El Fortín.[2] After a spell with Racing de Olavarría, he returned to El Fortín before being signed by Quilmes in July 2008.[3]
In 2012, following impressive performances with Ferro Carril Sud in the Torneo Argentino B, Cañete was linked with a move to Torneo Argentino A side Unión.[4] However, despite this, he made a move to Primera División side Belgrano, with club president Armando Pérez confirming that he would play for the club's amateur side in the lower divisions.[5]
He would later go on to describe his time with Belgrano as the "most bitter" experience of his career, stating that the club asked him for money in order to play.[2] Having left the club in the summer of 2013, he was linked to a move to Hong Kong with Happy Valley, following the appointment of compatriot Sergio Timoner as head coach.[6]
Cañete would spend time with lower-division side Deportivo Argentino de Pehuajó, before returning to Ferro Carril Sud in mid-2015.[7] However, by mid-2016 he was playing futsal with La Estancia, where he scored forty-eight goals in his first eight games.[8][9]
Having first been linked with a move to the country in 2013, Cañete moved to Hong Kong in 2019, joining Premier League side Rangers.[10] While in Hong Kong, Cañete would state that he did not feel he was able to play with as much flair as he did in Argentina.[11] Following the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, which brought a premature end to the 2019–20 season, he underwent surgery to his spine following an injury.[12] After a year with Rangers, Cañete dropped down to the second-tier First Division side Metro Gallery.[13]
He returned to Argentina in 2022, re-joining Racing de Olavarría for a season, before joining Sindicato de Trabajadores Municipales de Olavarría.[14][15]