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"Diego Pablo Simeone", also known as "Cholo", is an Argentine association football/football Manager (association football)/manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Spanish La Liga club Atlético de Madrid.

Simeone was Cap (sports)/capped over List of footballers with 100 or more caps/100 times for the Argentina national football team and represented the country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup/1994, 1998 FIFA World Cup/1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup/2002 FIFA World Cups. In his club career that started in 1987, Simeone played for Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield/Vélez Sarsfield, A.C. Pisa 1909/Pisa, Sevilla FC/Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, F.C. Internazionale Milano/Internazionale, S.S. Lazio/Lazio and Racing Club de Avellaneda/Racing. Throughout his playing career, Simeone was known to be a tenacious and complete two-way midfielder, who was capable both of winning balls and starting attacking plays, also scoring goals himself. He was primarily known for his leadership, technique, tactical versatility, intelligence, strength, stamina, and workrate, although he was also praised by pundits for his vision and passing range.