{{short description|Argentine handball player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Diego Simonet | image = Diego Simonet 20141203.jpg | caption = Simonet in 2014 | fullname = Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|12|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Vicente López, Argentina | height = 1.89 m | position = Centre back | currentclub = Montpellier Handball | clubnumber = 4 | nationalyears1 = 2010– | nationalteam1 = Argentina | nationalcaps1 = 90 | nationalgoals1 = 458 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|Team}} {{MedalGold|2019 Lima|Team}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 Santiago|Team}} {{Medal|Silver|2015 Toronto|Team}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Championship}} {{Medal|Gold|2012 Argentina|}} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Uruguay|}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Argentina|}} {{Medal|Gold|2018 Greenland|}} {{MedalCompetition|South and Central American Championship}} {{MedalGold|2020 Brazil|}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Brazil|}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Argentina|}} {{Medal|Competition|South American Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Asunción|Team}} {{Medal|Silver|2018 Cochabamba|Team}} }}
'''Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes'''{{fnf|Simonet|Moldes|lang=Spanish}} (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/ARG.pdf |title=2015 World Championship Roster |publisher=IHF |access-date=15 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218194719/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/ARG.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>
He represented Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Olympics,<ref name=Olympedia>{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123402 |title=Diego Simonet Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympedia.org |language=en |access-date=14 May 2026}}</ref> 2013 World Men's Handball Championship in Spain and 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. His action defending Argentina brought home six continental championships (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2014).
Two of his brothers, Sebastian and Pablo, defended Argentina at Olympic and World Championship competitions.<ref name=Olympedia />
==Accomplishments== === Clubs === ;International competitions *EHF Champions League: ** '''Winner (1)''': 2017–18 *EHF European League: ** Runner-up (2): 2014, 2025
;National competitions *'''LNH Division 1:''' (14) ** Runner-up (5) : 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 * Coupe de la Ligue ** '''Winner (2)''': 2014, 2016 ** Runner-up (1) : 2019 * Coupe de France ** '''Winner (12)''': 2016, 2025 ** Runner-up (3) : 2012[6], 2017 et 2023 * Trophée des Champions ** '''Winner (2)''': 2018, 2025 ** Runner-up (1) : 2019
=== National team === :''see infobox''
==Awards and recognition== {{Expand section|date=May 2026}} * {{ill|Argentinian Handballer of the Year|fr|Meilleurs handballeurs de l'année en Argentine}} (7)<ref>{{Cite web |language=es |url=http://handballargentina.org/cah/2018/12/premios-olimpia-handball/ |title=Premios Olimpia – Handball |website=handballargentina.org |access-date=14 May 2026}}.</ref>: 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023. * MVP of the EHF Champions League Final 4 in 2018 * best centre back of LNH Division 1(2) : 2014, 2015 * best centre back of South and Central American Championship (1): 2020
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==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons}} * {{IHF|25113|Diego Esteban Simonet}} * {{EHF|name=Diego Simonet}} * {{Olympics.com|diego-esteban-simonet|Diego Esteban Simonet}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/diego-simonet_1540499 Diego Esteban Simonet] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * {{Olympedia|name=Diego Simonet}} * {{COA profile|14010|Diego Simonet}}
{{Argentina handball squad 2012 Summer Olympics}} {{Argentina squad 2015 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{Argentina squad 2017 World Men's Handball Championship}} {{EHF Champions League MVP}}
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