| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diogo dos Santos Cabral [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1998 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Seixal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santa Clara | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Belenenses | ||
| 2009–2017 | Benfica | ||
| 2017–2018 | Paços Ferreira | ||
| 2018–2019 | Belenenses | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | B-SAD | 64 | (0) |
| 2020 | B-SAD B | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Santa Clara | 54 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:25, 23 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Diogo dos Santos Cabral (born 10 October 1998), known as Diogo Calila, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Primeira Liga club Santa Clara.
Calila was born in Seixal, Lisbon metropolitan area. A youth product of S.L. Benfica, he was promoted to the senior team of B-SAD in January 2019. [2] He made his Primeira Liga debut later that month, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for Diogo Viana in a 3–0 away loss against FC Porto. [3]
Calila played 20 matches – 23 in all competitions – in the 2020–21 season, helping his team finish tenth in the table. He subsequently renewed his contract until 2024. [4]
On 27 November 2021, Calila was the only player available from the main squad to face Benfica, due to a bout of COVID-19. [5] Nine players started the game, most of them from the under-23 side and two being goalkeepers; after seven returned for the second half with the score at 7–0 and one suffered an injury, the fixture was abandoned. [6] [7]
In August 2022, Calila signed a three-year contract with C.D. Santa Clara with the option of a further two; his former club retained 20% of the player's rights. [8] [9] He contributed 18 appearances and two goals in the 2023–24 campaign, [10] [11] in a top-division return one year after relegation. [12]
Calila scored his first goal in the top flight on 25 October 2024, in a 2–1 home win over Gil Vicente FC. [13]
Calila's father, Carlos (who shared the same nickname), was also a footballer. A forward, he played mostly for C.F. Os Belenenses. [14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| B-SAD | 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 71 | 1 | |||
| Santa Clara | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Liga Portugal 2 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| Total | 54 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 60 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 118 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 4 | ||
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