Diego (footballer, born 1982)

Diego Salgado Costa de Menezes, or simply Diego (born 2 February 1982), is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Diego
Diego , 2012
Personal information
Full name Diego Salgado Costa de Menezes
Date of birth (1982-02-02) 2 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1996–2001 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Flamengo 101 (0)
2009 Madureira 0 (0)
2009Flamengo (loan) 0 (0)
2009 Flamengo 1 (0)
2010–2011 Ceará 32 (0)
2012 Boavista 0 (0)
2012–2015 Avaí 63 (0)
2013Mirassol (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2017 Santo André 0 (0)
Total 197 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:10, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Career edit

Diego made his professional debut for Flamengo against Atlético Paranaense in a 3–2 home victory on 11 September 2002 in the Brazilian Série A.

In January 2009, he signed with Madureira, and right after loaned back to Flamengo. On 10 July 2009 he left Madureira signing once again with Flamengo.

In January 2010, Diego signed for Ceará.

Career statistics edit

(Correct as of 29 August 2010)
Club Season State League Brazilian Série A Copa do Brasil Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flamengo 2002 9 0 10 0 - - 0 0 - - 19 0
2003 2 0 11 0 2 0 - - 1 0 16 0
2004 2 0 15 0 1 0 - - 0 0 18 0
2005 14 0 42 0 5 0 - - - - 61 0
2006 9 0 20 0 12 0 - - - - 41 0
2007 2 0 2 0 - - 0 0 - - 4 0
2008 2 0 1 0 - - 0 0 - - 3 0
Flamengo (loan) 2009 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 3 0
Flamengo 2009 0 0 1 0 0 0 - - 0 0 1 0
Total 43 0 102 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 166 0
Ceará 2010 - - 17 0 1 0 - - - - 18 0
Total 0 0 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Career total 43 0 119 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 184 0

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website[1] and Flaestatística.[2]

Honours edit

Flamengo
Avaí

References edit

  1. ^ Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ Flaestatística (in Portuguese)

External links edit