Diego Cavalieri – Liverpool Goalkeeper
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Diego Cavalieri – Liverpool Goalkeeper
Diego Cavalieri (born 1 December 1982 in São Paulo), is a Brazillian football goalkeeper who currently plays for English club Liverpool. He wears the Squad Number 1 for the team.[1] As his surname suggests, he has Italian ancestry and he holds both an Italian and Brazilian passport
Personal information
Full name : Diego Cavalieri
Date of birth : 1 December 1982 (1982-12-01) (age 25)
Place of birth : São Paulo, Brazil
Height : 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position : Goalkeeper
2008 Current club : Liverpool
League : English Barclays Premier League
Career
Cavalieri made his professional debut for Palmeiras in a 4–0 away win at Rio Claro in the Campeonato Paulista on 24 June 2002. In the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Cavalieri played 33 League games for Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, conceding 47 goals.[3]
On 11 July 2008 he signed for a deal until 2012 with Liverpool for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £3 million[4] The player made his first-team debut in a friendly against Tranmere Rovers on 12 July 2008.[5]
He became the third Brazilian at Liverpool after Fabio Aurelio and Lucas Leiva. On his arrival Cavalieri stated that it had been his dream to move to Europe and targeted a first team place and vowed to improve through hard work.[6]upon his arrival Cavalieri was handed the number 64 shirt but was later changed to the vacated number one which was last worn by Jerzy Dudek.
Source: Diego Cavalieri – Liverpool Goalkeeper, English Barclays Premier League Football Club information at wikipedia.org