Notable association football players with the name Diego include:

Argentina

• Diego Klimowicz (born July 1974), forward
• Diego Latorre (born August 1969), striker
• Diego Maradona (born October 1960 - November 2020), midfielder
• Diego Milito (born June 1979), striker
• Diego Rivero (born August 1981), winger
• Diego Simeone (born April 1970), midfielder

Bolivia

• Diego Bengolea (born December 1979), midfielder

Brazil

• Diego (footballer, born 1979) (Diego Costa Silva), goalkeeper
• Diego (footballer, born 1982) (Diego Salgado Costa de Menezes), goalkeeper
• Diego (footballer, born 1985) (Diego Ribas da Cunha), midfielder
• Diego (footballer, born April 1986) (Diego Aparecido Ferreira Oliveira), goalkeeper
• Diego (footballer, born May 1986) (Diego Dionatas dos Santos Oliveira), goalkeeper
• Diego (footballer, born 1988) (Diego Rigonato Rodrigues), left back
• Diego (footballer, born September 1995) (Diego Jara Rodrigues), left back
• Diego (footballer, born October 1995) (Jackson Diego Ibraim Fagundes), right back and midfielder
• Diego Alves (born June 1985), goalkeeper
• Diego Barcelos (born April 1985), striker
• Diego Benedito Galvão Máximo (born April 1986), defender
• Diego Cavalieri (born December 1982), goalkeeper
• Diego Clementino (born March 18, 1984), striker
• Diego Costa (born October 1988), Brazilian-Spanish striker
• Diego da Costa Menezes (born February 1982), goalkeeper
• Diego Giaretta (born November 1983), defender
• Diego Loureiro (born July 1998), goalkeeper
• Diego Oliveira De Queiroz (born June 1990), striker
• Diego Pereira Corrêa (born September 1983), left back
• Diego Souza (disambiguation), various footballers
• Diego Tardelli (born May 1985), striker
• Diego Walsh (born December 1979), Brazilian-American midfielder

Colombia

• Diego Serna (born October 1973), forward

Chile

• Diego Cayupil, Chilean Footballer

Ecuador

• Diego Calderón (born October 1986), defender
• Diego Herrera (born April 1969), forward

Mexico

• Diego Martínez (born February 1981), right back

Portugal

• Diego (footballer, born 1989) (Diego Martins da Costa e Silva), goalkeeper

Spain

• José Diego Álvarez (born November 1954), midfielder
• Diego Capel (born February 1988), winger
• Diego Tristán (born January 1976), striker

Uruguay

• Diego Alonso (born April 1975), striker
• Diego Cor (born July 2000), forward
• Diego de Souza Carballo (born May 1984), midfielder
• Diego Fagúndez (born February 1995), midfielder
• Diego Forlán (born May 1979), striker
• Diego Godín (born February 1986), defender
• Diego Laxalt (born February 1993), defender
• Diego Lugano (born November 1980), defender
• Diego Pérez (born May 1980), midfielder
• Diego Polenta (born February 1992), defender
• Diego Rodríguez (footballer, born 1989) (born September 1989), midfielder
• Diego Rolán (born March 1993), striker
• Diego Rossi (born March 1998), forward
• Diego Sebastián Ribas (born June 1980), midfielder
• Diego Zabala (born September 1991), midfielder

See also

• Diego (given name)
• Diego (surname)