Diego Pereira Corrêa (born 18 September 1983), is a Brazilian football left-back who last played for América (Rio Grande do Norte). In March 2019, Diego Corrêa tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine and was provisionally suspended by the Brazilian Anti-Doping Authority (ABCD).[1][2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Pereira Corrêa | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Macaé, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996 | Macaé | ||
| 1996–2003 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004 | → Olaria (loan) | ||
| 2004–2007 | Vasco da Gama | 100 | (4) |
| 2007 | → Goiás (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2008 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 2008 | Figueirense | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Macaé | ||
| 2010 | Bahia | 10 | (1) |
| 2011 | Mirassol | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | São Caetano | 98 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Macaé | 51 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | CRB | 82 | (0) |
| 2018 | Mirassol | ||
| 2019 | América RN | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Honours edit
References edit
- ^ "Atletas com suspensão provisória" [Athletes with provisional suspensions] (PDF). Autoridade Brasileira de Controle de Dopagem. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Ex-Vasco, lateral Diego é pego em doping por uso de cocaína" [Former Vasco back Diego is caught using cocaine]. Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Diego Correa". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
External links edit
- (in English) sambafoot
- (in Portuguese) CBF
- (in Portuguese) zerozero.pt
- (in English) Guardian Stats Centre Archived 6 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Portuguese) goiasesporteclube.com Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Portuguese) goldeprata
- (in Portuguese) crvascodagama
- (in English) Diego Corrêa at Soccerway
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