![]() Leite training with Porto in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Diogo Filipe Monteiro Pinto Leite [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 23 January 1999||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Porto, Portugal [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Union Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Leixões | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2018 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | → Padroense (loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Porto B | 47 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2023 | Porto | 31 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Braga (loan) | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Union Berlin (loan) | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Union Berlin | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Portugal U17 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Portugal U19 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Portugal U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Portugal U21 | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024 |
Diogo Filipe Monteiro Pinto Leite (born 23 January 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Union Berlin.
Born in Porto, Leite joined FC Porto's youth academy at the age of 9. [4] He made his professional debut with the reserve team on 27 August 2017, playing the entire 1–0 home win against C.D. Santa Clara for the LigaPro. [5]
In late July 2018, due to several injuries to the back sector, [6] first-team manager Sérgio Conceição called Leite for the upcoming Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira match against C.D. Aves; [7] he partnered Felipe in that match, a 3–1 victory in Aveiro. [8] Shortly before that event, he had renewed his contract until 2023. [4]
Leite's maiden appearance in the Primeira Liga took place on 11 August 2018 in the season opener, and he again played the entire 5–0 home defeat of G.D. Chaves. [9] He scored his first goal in the competition the following weekend, helping to a 3–2 victory at B-SAD; [10] shortly after, however, he returned to the reserves. [11]
On 31 August 2021, Leite was loaned to S.C. Braga for one year. [12] He made 34 competitive appearances during his spell at the Estádio Municipal de Braga, but only five in the last three months. [13] [14]
In July 2022, still owned by Porto, Leite joined 1. FC Union Berlin with a buying option. [15] After a successful first season, helping the Bundesliga club to secure qualification for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history and totalling 40 games, he signed a permanent contract for €7.500.000. [16]
Leite won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level at the age of only 19, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 friendly win over Italy. [17] He was later used as a starter by coach Rui Jorge in both legs of the 2019 UEFA European Championship play-offs, lost to Poland 3–1 on aggregate. [18] [19]
In October 2022, Leite was named in a preliminary 55-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [20] On 26 March 2023, he remained on the bench of a 6–0 victory in Luxembourg for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers. [21]
Club | Season | League | National Cup [lower-alpha 1] | League Cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Porto B | 2017–18 | LigaPro | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||||
2019–20 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||||
2020–21 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 47 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 50 | 1 | |||||
Porto | 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 6 | 1 |
2019–20 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |||
2020–21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
Total | 31 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||
Braga (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
Union Berlin (loan) | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | ||
Union Berlin | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | ||
Career total | 161 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 215 | 5 |
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