1. Diego Contento signed his first professional contract with Bayern Munich on 13 January 2010.
11 Facts About Diego Contento
1. 2.
The trio were named on the first-team substitutes' bench for the first time on 10 February 2010, for a DFB-Pokal game against Greuther Furth, and Diego Contento came on in the 59th minute, replacing Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.
3.
Diego Contento made his UEFA Champions League debut a week later, coming on as a half time substitute for Daniel Van Buyten in a game against Fiorentina, and the following weekend he made his league debut in the Bavarian Derby against 1.
4.
Diego Contento was in the starting XI for the next two games against Hamburger SV and 1.
5.
On 27 May 2010, Diego Contento signed a contract extension keeping him at the Allianz Arena until 2013.
6.
Diego Contento started in the 2010 German Super Cup and played the full 90 minutes.
7.
Diego Contento was unable to reclaim his starting spot until the very end of the season.
8.
Team captain Philipp Lahm changed back to his favoured left side and Diego Contento was mostly relegated to the bench.
9.
On 12 August 2014, Diego Contento signed four-year deal with Ligue 1 side, Bordeaux.
10.
On 22 May 2018, Diego Contento inked a two-year deal with Fortuna Dusseldorf returning him to the Bundesliga after a four-year spell in France.
11.
Diego Contento was called up to the Germany under-21 in September 2010, though he could not make his debut due to an irritation on a toe.