Diego Forlan

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Diego Forlan  Rank Player  27

Profile
Birth name                 Diego Forlán Corazo
Birth name                 May 19, 1979
Birth date                  Montevideo, Uruguay
Height                       1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position         Striker/  Forward
Current club              Internazionale
Number                    9

Biography
Diego Forlán Corazo  is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Internazionale and the Uruguayan national team. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe, and also received the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2010 World Cup.

On 12 July 2011, at the 2011 Copa América in Argentina, Forlán earned his 79th Uruguayan cap, against Mexico, breaking the record held by former goalkeeper Rodolfo Rodriguez since 1986. Forlán is currently Uruguay's leading top scorer at international level.

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Winning the 2010 World Cup Golden Ball, awarded to the tournament's best player.
Tremendous work rate all across the field, allied with a superior ability to strike from range. Capable of incredible goals as well as astonishing misses. A lethal finisher with either foot, Forlan is also capable of the spectacular and his excellent work-rate marks him out as a rare striker, who is both a ruthless predator and a team player.

Diego Forlan