Diego Rodolfo Placente (born 24 April 1977) is an Argentine manager and former footballer who played as a left-back.

Born in Buenos Aires, Placente started playing professionally in 1996 with Argentinos Juniors, before moving to Argentine giant River Plate in 1997.

Subsequently, he turned down an offer from English club Everton FC to join Celta de Vigo.

[3] He played his first match with the Argentina national football team in 2001, and was capped 22 times.

Because of this, he was subject of transfer talk to Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.