Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Alejandro de Souza Carballo | ||
Date of birth | May 14, 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Melo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder / Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | El Tanque Sisley | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2011 | Defensor Sporting | 97 | (29) |
2011–2012 | Banfield | 31 | (5) |
2012–2013 | Montevideo Wanderers | 16 | (0) |
2014 | Cerro Largo | 12 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Municipal | 17 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Cerro Largo | 7 | (2) |
2017– | El Tanque Sisley | 23 | (2) |
2018 | → Central Español (loan) | 12 | (0) |
International career | |||
2007 | Uruguay | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2018 |
Diego Alejandro de Souza Carballo (born 14 May 1984 in Melo) is a Uruguayan footballer. He plays for El Tanque Sisley as a midfielder. He is nicknamed "Pepe" and "El ojo".
De Souza joined Defensor Sporting youth teams at the age of 16 and has since been claimed to be one of the greatest players in the history of the Uruguayan team. In 2009, he was chosen as the best player of the Uruguayan Primera División. [1] In July 2010, Defensor Sporting received a US$1.5 million offer from Universidad de Chile which was accepted by the Uruguayan team but later turned down by de Souza's agent Gonzalo Madrid, who was hoping to place the midfielder in a European team. [2] On 27 January 2011, Diego de Souza signed a contract with Banfield for four years. [3]
He has been called up to the Uruguay national team but as an unused sub.
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