Diego (footballer, born 1982)

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Diego
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Diego in 2012
Personal information
Full name Diego Salgado Costa de Menezes
Date of birth (1982-02-02) 2 February 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1996–2001 Flamengo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2009 Flamengo 101 (0)
2009 Madureira 0 (0)
2009Flamengo (loan) 0 (0)
2009 Flamengo 1 (0)
2010–2011 Ceará 32 (0)
2012 Boavista 0 (0)
2012–2015 Avaí 63 (0)
2013Mirassol (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2017 Santo André 0 (0)
Total197(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Salgado Costa de Menezes, or simply Diego (born 2 February 1982), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Career

Diego made his professional debut for Flamengo against Atlético Paranaense in a 3–2 home victory on 11 September 2002 in the Brazilian Série A.

In January 2009, he signed with Madureira, and right after loaned back to Flamengo. On 10 July 2009 he left Madureira signing once again with Flamengo.

In January 2010, Diego signed for Ceará.

Career statistics

(Correct as of 29 August 2010)
ClubSeasonState League Brazilian Série A Copa do Brasil Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamengo 200290100--00--190
20032011020--10160
20042015010--00180
200514042050----610
200690200120----410
20072020--00--40
20082010--00--30
Flamengo (loan)2009300000--0030
Flamengo 2009001000--0010
Total430102020000101660
Ceará 2010--17010----180
Total00170100000180
Career total430119021000101840

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website [1] and Flaestatística. [2]

Honours

Flamengo
Avaí

References

  1. Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
  2. Flaestatística (in Portuguese)