brazilian football player

Diogo Luís Santo ( digest 26 May 1987 ), known simply as Diogo, is a brazilian professional football player who plays for Thai cabaret BG Pathum United F.C. as a striker. After starting out at Portuguesa, he spent most of his master career in the Super League Greece with Olympiacos – having signed in 2008 – and in the Thai League 1 with Buriram United.

Club career [edit ]

Brazil [edit ]

Born in São Paulo, Diogo started his football career at Associação Portuguesa de Desportos. He cursorily made a name for himself at the club, breaking into the beginning team in 2007 and contributing largely to a promotion to the Série A, scoring 18 goals in 28 games – season ‘s best – and being voted the competition ‘s best player. It was this form which initially prompted brazilian under-20 bus Nélson Rodrigues to include Diogo in his team ( he had already played in previous national youth sides ). In 2008 he had his beginning preference of top-flight football with Portuguesa, and showed early good form with six goals in 13 matches. [ 2 ] Early in the same year, president Manuel district attorney Lupa said he was equally good as if not better than A.C. Milan ’ mho adolescent sensation Alexandre Pato ; he added that the player had lone shown 50 % of his capability due to reproducible injuries. [ 3 ] In July 2008, respective teams had been attracted to Diogo ‘s talents, and the player revealed his desire to play his trade in Europe after longtime admirers Arsenal were joined by ACF Fiorentina in bid for his services. He had been monitored by the former ‘s scouting department for more than two years, and offers included a £ 9,000,000 one, promptly rejected by Portuguesa ; [ 4 ] Arsenal director Arsène Wenger besides publicly stated that he had tried to sign him once, as a 16-year-old. [ 5 ]

Olympiacos [edit ]

Olympiacos F.C. besides became matter to and, in a widely documented and reasonably controversial period of negotiation, Diogo last signed for the greek club in August 2008, for € 9 million and 70 % of the actor ‘s rights. [ 6 ] Arriving in Athens on the 19th he passed his aesculapian the follow day and, on 21 August, signed a five-year shrink. Diogo made his first appearance in the season ‘s opener, against Asteras Tripoli F.C. on 30 August 2008. On 6 September he scored from the penalty blemish against Ionikos FC, in a friendly couple. In the second round of golf, he netted the game ‘s lone goal at Skoda Xanthi FC. During his first campaign he besides showcased his good drift ability by scoring many of his goals from headers, being at one point the player with more goals with that specific body part at four. In that class ‘s UEFA Cup, Diogo scored twice in the 5–0 dwelling victory over FC Nordsjælland on 2 October, adding two more in a 5–1 get the better of of S.L. Benfica the following month, besides in the group phase and at Karaiskakis Stadium. [ 7 ] Hence, heightened rumours of a big-money transplant to Europe ‘s elite – and again to England – surfaced, whilst the player was ranked seventh ( out of 50 ) in The Daily Telegraph ‘s list of Footballers Transfer Target List ; [ 8 ] finally, the Piraeus team won the double. far sake get up in October 2008, now from three other Premier League clubs, Middlesbrough, Chelsea and Liverpool. [ 9 ] The latter ‘s coach, Rafa Benítez, again declare interest in the player in March of the adopt class, preparing to offer £ 12 million to acquire his services. [ 10 ] Anfield scouts had been said to have checked on him, seeing him as a perfect replacement for depart Robbie Keane ; Benítez then loaned Sebastián Leto to Olympiacos, far fueling rumours that the musician would be included in a barter deal, but nothing came to fruition, with Leto alternatively moving to Panathinaikos FC. [ 11 ] Diogo ‘s moment season was black for both him and the team, suffering several injuries which limited to just slightly more than half of the games, scoring equitable two goals and losing his home in the starting lineup to Kostantinos Mitroglou. He started 2010–11 by netting doubly against Besa Kavajë of Albania in a 5–0 away win ( 11–1 on aggregate ) in the Europa League. In the rival ‘s adjacent round, however, against Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, he was sent off after punching opposing goalkeeper Liran Strauber, in a 0–1 away loss that besides meant the Greeks ‘ elimination on the away goals rule. [ 12 ]

back to Brazil [edit ]

Diogo returned to Brazil on 19 August 2010, being loaned to Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. [ 13 ] Six months former he joined Santos FC besides on lend, [ 14 ] failing to perform overall and returning to Olympiakos in January 2012, being excluded from the first base team belated that year. On 6 March 2013, Diogo returned to his first club Portuguesa. [ 15 ]

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Buriram United [edit ]

On 31 December 2014, Diogo signed a biennial shrink with Buriram United F.C. from the Thai Premier League. [ 16 ] He scored in his debut on 24 January 2015, helping his new team defeat Bangkok Glass F.C. 1–0 in the Kor Royal Cup. [ 17 ] Diogo scored 45 goals in 51 games in his first season all competitions comprised, [ 18 ] as Buriram became the first asian cabaret to win five titles in one year. [ 19 ] [ 20 ]

Johor Darul Ta’zim [edit ]

On 3 January 2019, Johor Darul Ta’zim F.C. announced the sign language of Diogo for an approximate fee of €1.5 million, the highest ever paid by a malaysian club. [ 21 ] [ 22 ]

Club statistics [edit ]

As of 3 January 2019[23]

Honours [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

Olympiacos
Santos
Buriram United
Johor Darul Ta’zim
BG Pathum United

  • Thai League 1: 2020–21
  • Thailand Champions Cup: 2021

individual [edit ]

  • Thai League 1 Top Scorer/MVP: 2015, 2018

References [edit ]

  • Diogo at FootballDatabase.eu