Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Henrique Oliveira Rodrigues | ||
Date of birth | 24 May 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Guimarães, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Braga | ||
Number | 50 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2016 | CC Taipas | ||
2016–2020 | Vitória de Guimarães | ||
2020–2024 | Braga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Braga B | 25 | (2) |
2025– | Braga | 10 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Portugal U17 | 4 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (1) |
2023 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (1) |
2024– | Portugal U20 | 4 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:33, 27 February 2025 (UTC) |
Diego Henrique Oliveira Rodrigues (born 24 May 2005) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Braga.
Rodrigues is a youth product of the academies of CC Taipas and Vitória de Guimarães, before moving to Braga in 2020 to finish his development. [1] On 2 June 2023, he signed his first professional contract with Braga until 2027 and was promoted to their reserves. [2] He made his senior and professional debut with Braga as a substitute in a 2–1 Primeira Liga win over Benfica on 4 January 2025. [3]
Born in Portugal, Rodrigues holds dual Portuguese-Belgian citizenship. [4] He is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U20s in 2024. [5]
Rodrigues' father, Ronaldo Rodrigues, was a Belgian-born footballer who moved to Portugal to continue his career. Ronaldo is of Portuguese and Belgian descent, and was a youth international for Belgium. [3] Through his father, Diego holds Belgian citizenship. [4] Diego's great-grandfather, Noël Cras, was also a professional footballer in Belgium for SV Waregem. [6]
Club | Season | League | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Braga B | 2023–24 | Liga 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
2024–25 | Liga 3 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||||
Total | 23 | 2 | — | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||||
Braga | 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2025–26 | Primeira Liga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
Career total | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 3 |