Diego Souza (footballer, born 1993)

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Diego Souza
Personal information
Full name Diego de Souza Xavier
Date of birth (1993-01-16) 16 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Bariri, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Treze
Youth career
2008–2009 São Paulo
2010–2013 Palmeiras
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012– Palmeiras 2 (0)
2013Oeste (loan) 6 (0)
2014União Barbarense (loan) 0 (0)
2015Paulista (loan) 9 (0)
2015Portuguesa (loan) 2 (0)
2016Ferroviária (loan) 0 (0)
2017Juventude (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2019 Noroeste 12 (2)
2020–2021 Comercial 0 (0)
2022– Treze 1 (1)
International career
2012 Brazil U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:32, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Diego de Souza Xavier (born 16 January 1993), known as Diego Souza, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Treze as an attacking midfielder.

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Club career

Born in Bariri, São Paulo, Diego Souza joined Palmeiras' youth setup in 2010, aged 17, after starting it out at São Paulo.

On 25 November 2012 Diego Souza made his first team – and Série A – debut for the former, coming on as a second-half substitute for Patrick Vieira in a 1–2 home loss against Atlético Goianiense. [1] After appearing in only one further match during the year, he was loaned to Oeste on 25 July 2013. [2]

Diego Souza returned to Verdão on 3 January 2014, [3] but was subsequently loaned to União Barbarense, [4] Paulista, [5] Portuguesa, [6] Ferroviária [7] and Juventude. [8]

In December 2018, after a period out of the game due to a cruciate ligament injury, he signed for Noroeste. [9] He moved to Comercial for the 2020 Copa Paulista, but again suffered a knee injury and missed the first half of the 2021 season. [10]

In January 2022 he signed for Treze. [11]

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References

  1. Garotos do Palmeiras perdem para o Atlético-GO, que sai da lanterna (Palmeiras' youngsters lose to Atlético-GO, who leaves the last place); Globo Esporte, 25 November 2012 (in Portuguese)
  2. Palmeiras empresta jovem Diego Souza para o Oeste (Palmeiras loans youngster Diego Souza to Oeste); O Estado de S. Paulo, 25 July 2013 (in Portuguese)
  3. Oeste devolve Diego Souza ao Palmeiras e acerta com Bruno Dybal (Oeste gives back Diego Souza to Palmeiras and signs with Bruno Dybal); Globo Esporte, 3 January 2014 (in Portuguese)
  4. União Barbarense recebe ex-Verdão por empréstimo e anuncia mais três (União Barbarense receives former Verdão player on loan and announces three more); Globo Esporte, 27 February 2014 (in Portuguese)
  5. Paulista A2: Paulista acerta contratação de Diego Souza (Paulista A2: Paulista completes signing of Diego Souza); Futebol Interior, 13 January 2015 (in Portuguese)
  6. Série C: Portuguesa acerta com ex-palmeirense Diego Souza (Série C: Portuguesa signs with former palmeirense Diego Souza); Futebol Interior, 19 May 2015 (in Portuguese)
  7. "Ferroviária acerta empréstimo de meia do Palmeiras até o final do Paulistão" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 1 July 2016.
  8. "Juventude apresenta meia Diego Souza" (in Portuguese). Radio Caxias. 9 March 2017.
  9. "Noroeste anuncia meia Diego Souza para a Série A3 do Campeonato Paulista" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 December 2018.
  10. "Lesionado desde 2020, meia Diego Souza fica fora de lista de inscritos do Comercial na A3" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 3 March 2021.
  11. "Treze reforça seu setor de criação com Diego Souza, meia que passou por São Paulo e Palmeiras na base" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 January 2022.