Diogo Calila

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Dos Santosand the second or paternal family name is Cabral.

Diogo Calila

Personal information
Full name	Diogo dos Santos Cabral [1]
Date of birth	(1998-10-10) 10 October 1998 (age 25) [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	33	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 2 June 2024 (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 C.D. Santa Clara.

Club career

Belenenses

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]}

Santa Clara

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]}

Personal life

Calila's father, Carlos (who shared the same nickname), was also a footballer. A forward, he played mostly for C.F. Os Belenenses. ^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 May 2023 ^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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
Career total			79	0	6	1	3	0	0	0	88	1

References

1. "Diogo Calila" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
2. Gonçalo Pinto, Pedro (11 January 2019). "Gonçalo Tavares e Diogo Calila dão salto da Liga Revelação" [Gonçalo Tavares and Diogo Calila make the leap from the Revelation League]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 February 2019.
3. Pereira, David (30 January 2019). "Seis minutos bastaram para o FC Porto desembrulhar o pastel" [Six minutes was all FC Porto needed to unwrap the pastry]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
4. "Diogo Calila e Francisco Teixeira renovam com o Belenenses SAD" [Diogo Calila and Francisco Teixeira renew with Belenenses SAD]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
5. Fernandes, Mariana (27 November 2021). "Nada disto foi um jogo de futebol (a crónica de um Belenenses SAD-Benfica que não devia ter acontecido)" [None of this was a football match (the report of a Belenenses SAD-Benfica that should not have happened)]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
6. "Belenenses SAD com nove jogadores contra Benfica" [Belenenses SAD with nine players against Benfica] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
7. "Com surto de Covid, Belenenses tem goleiro na linha, é goleado pelo Benfica, e jogo termina com 46 minutos" [With Covid bout, Belenenses field goalkeeper as an outfield player, are thrashed by Benfica, and match ends after 46 minutes] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
8. Martins Neves, Nuno (16 August 2022). "Diogo Calila deixa a B SAD e vai continuar a jogar na Liga Bwin" [Diogo Calila leaves B SAD and will continue to play in Bwin League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
9. "OFICIAL: Santa Clara contrata Diogo Calila" [OFFICIAL: Santa Clara sign Diogo Calila] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
10. "Os pais e filhos do futebol português" [The fathers and sons of Portuguese football] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
11. Diogo Calila at Soccerway

External links

• Diogo Calila at ForaDeJogo (archived)