Diego Rigonato Rodrigues (born 9 March 1988), commonly known as Diego, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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and

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for

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Club career

Budapest Honved

Diego made his debut of 27 November 2006 against

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in a match that ended 1–0.

Reims

Diego helped

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win the

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, helping promote them to the

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for the 2018–19 season.

Toluca

Diego was presented as

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's new signing on 25 July 2019.

Career statistics

Honours

Honvéd *

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: 2008–09 *

runners-up: 2007–08 *

Hungarian Super Cup The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League ( Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final betwee ...

runners-up: 2007, 2009 Reims *

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: 2017–18

References

External links

*
Player profile at HLSZ
1988 births Living people People from Americana, São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Budapest Honvéd FC players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in France Tours FC players Stade de Reims players Al Dhafra FC players Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Ceará Sporting Club players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Ligue 2 players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 3 players UAE Pro League players Liga MX players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Footballers from São Paulo (state) {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub