Diego Centurión

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Centurión.
Diego Centurión

Centurión with Guaraní in 2012
Personal information
Full name Diego Omar López Centurión
Date of birth (1982-06-05) 5 June 1982
Place of birth Caaguazú, Paraguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Sportivo Luqueño
Number 9
Youth career
1996–1998 Atlético Caaguazú
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Tembetary
1998 Roma
1999Udinese (loan)
2000 Sportivo Luqueño (1)
2001–2002Libertad (loan)
2002–2003Guaraní (loan) (3)
2003Olimpo (loan) 0 (0)
2004 César Vallejo (3)
2005–2006 A.C. Palazzolo 5 (0)
2007 Tacuary
2007–2008 A.S.D. Sanremese 21 (4)
2008–2009 A.S.D. Pro Settimo 6 (2)
2009 F.B.C. Veloce 1910
2010–2011 Deportivo Caaguazú 30 (10)
2011–2012 Tacuary 32 (4)
2012–2013Guaraní (loan) 32 (13)
2013–2014Olimpia (loan) 34 (8)
2015 Sportivo Luqueño 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2015.


Diego Omar López Centurión (born 5 June 1982), better known as Diego Centurión, is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sportivo Luqueño, from the Paraguayan Primera División.

Club career

Early life

Diego Centurión was born in Caaguazú, Paraguay, where he was the fourth of seven children from a poor family. He arrived at Atlético Caaguazú, where one of his older brothers was playing, at age 14. Even at that age he debuted in the first team, that was champion of the local tournament. Immediately was seen by a businessman called Epifanio Rojas, who took him to Tembetary, by then playing in the Second Division. He made his professional debut in 1998, at age 16.

Europe and serious injury

That same year was transferred to Serie A team A.S. Roma, where he was six months until he suffered a torn ligament in his knee, after a strong collision with teammate Cafu, during a training session.

Centurión was loaned to Udinese, where he underwent surgery. After that, he was sent to Germany to continue his rehabilitation, which once completed, it allowed him to return to the Italian football.

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