Diogo Santos Rangel (born 19 August 1991) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Série D club Toledo. Although he played for the Timor-Leste national team, he was later found ineligible by the Asian Football Confederation.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diogo Santos Rangel[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Toledo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Clube Pequeninos do Jockey | ||
| 2007–2010 | Portuguesa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Vasco da Gama | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | Palmeiras | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | Karketu Dili | ? | (?) |
| 2012–2013 | Sriwijaya | 12 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Gresik United (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2014 | Daejeon Citizen | 12 | (0) |
| 2014 | Gangwon FC | 11 | (0) |
| 2015 | Osotspa | 14 | (1) |
| 2015 | Bragantino | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | Songkhla United | 32 | (1) |
| 2017 | Botafogo-PB | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | São Caetano | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Anapolina | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Boavista Timor Leste | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Zaria Bălți | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Sampaio Corrêa | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Lee Man | 3 | (1) |
| 2021– | Toledo | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Timor-Leste U-21 | 4 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Timor-Leste U-23 | 11 | (2) |
| 2012–2016 | Timor-Leste | 17 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2016 | |||
Club careers edit
Dili United edit
After he defended the Timor Leste U-23 in the arena Southeast Asian Games he joined a local club in Dili, Timor Leste, namely Dili United.
Sriwijaya Football Club edit
After undergoing selection for two weeks with Sriwijaya, Diogo got a contract offer from the club's management. On 8 November 2012 Diogo agreed to sign a three-year contract with Sriwijaya.[2] He scored his first goal for Sriwijaya against Persisam Putra Samarinda, but his goal could not help his team from losing 2–4.
Gresik United edit
In May 2013 Diogo loaned to Gresik United from the Sriwijaya for 5-month until the end of season.
Daejeon Citizen edit
In March 2014 Diogo join Daejeon Citizen.[3]
Lee Man edit
On 19 July 2019, Diogo signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man.[4] On 21 January 2020, his contract was terminated.[5]
International career edit
Despite having no links with East Timor, Diogo had been naturalised and played for the country at three different levels between 2011 and 2016.
He began his international career as a Timor Leste U-23 that in preparing for the Southeast Asian Games in November 2011. Diogo made his debut as a national team U-23 as warm-up match against Indonesia U-23 on 25 October 2011, which ended in defeat 0–5.[6] After that he played in 5 games and scored 1 goal in the event the Southeast Asian Games. In February 2012 he summons national team U-21 to compete in the arena 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, in the event he scored 1 goal in 4 games. In July 2012 was recalled to the national team U-23 that competed in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification. In this tournament he played 5 times and scored one goal.
On 5 October 2012 he made his debut as a Timor Leste national football team in the match against Cambodia in the event the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification which ended with a 5–1 win.[7][8] Until now Diogo has played in four games for the national team.[9]
On 19 January 2017, the Asian Football Confederation declared Diogo and eleven other Brazilian men's footballers ineligible to represent East Timor.[10][11] Two months later, the East Timorese passport he had received has been declared ‘null and void’ by the Ministry of Justice of East Timor.[12]
Honours edit
Club honors edit
- Sriwijaya
- Indonesian Inter Island Cup (1): 2012
- Daejeon Citizen
- K League Challenge (2): 2014
- AA São Caetano
- Campeão Paulista A2 (3): 2017
- AA Anapolina
- Acesso ao Campeonato Brasileiro (4): 2018
- Melhor Defensor dos ultimos tempos, INDONESIA LEAGUE
References edit
- ^ Match Report Archived 25 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine CBF (in Portuguese)
- ^ Fitriansyah, Hensyi. "Sriwijaya FC Kontrak Diogo Santos Selama Tiga Tahun". [goal.com]. Goal.com. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ "Diogo Santos Rangel (디오고)". [kleague.com]. K League. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ Yung, Yat Fu. "理文新球季引入3大經驗老將 實行「以老帶新」聯賽站穩陣腳". Upower. Retrieved 19 July 2019. (in Chinese)
- ^ "理文增兵應付銀牌決賽 葡萄牙守將賓希路加盟". Upower (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Dennys, Ferril. "Babak I, Indonesia Hajar Timor Leste 4–0". [kompas.com]. Kompas. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Cambodia 1 Timor Leste 5". [affsuzukucup.com]. ASEAN Football Federation. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "The match summary". affsuzukicup.com. ASEAN Football Federation. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Diogo Rangel at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "AFC Disciplinary Committee decision 20170119DC01" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. 19 January 2017. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Chade, Jamil (20 January 2017). "Com brasileiros 'falsificados' em campo, Timor Leste é banido de competições" [With Brazilians "falsified" on field, East Timor is banned from competitions] (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Timor-Leste passports declared 'null and void'". Asian Football Confederation. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
External links edit
- Diogo Rangel – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Diogo Rangel at Soccerway
- Diogo Rangel at affsuzukicup.com
- Play Video at Youtube
