Diego Silva Patriota (; born 22 August 1986), commonly known as Diego or Diego Patriota, is a Brazilian

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who currently plays as a midfielder for Liga de Elite club

Chao Pak Kei Chao Pak Kei Football Team, simply known as C.P.K. (), are a Macau, Macanese professional football (soccer), football club which currently competes in the Liga de Elite. History Chao Pak Kei Football Team was established in 2008 by Stephen Chow, ...

Club career

Having started his career with Sport Club do Recife of his hometown, Patriota moved to Croatia to join

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Junak Sinj in 2007. He returned to Brazil and played for Boavista and Central before joining Mixto in 2010. He also played for Sergipe in 2009. After a short spell with Chã Grande, he joined Sampaio Corrêa in 2011. He next played for Ypiranga, where he made 6 appearances in the

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, before joining Hermann Aichinger and then eventually moving to Macau to join Windsor Arch Ka I. He joined Chao Pak Kei for the 2014 season, and was one of the league's top scorers in

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and was voted the league's best player. Patriota won Best Player of the Year Award again in 2018, after leading Chao Pak Kei to 2018 Macau FA Cup victory.

Honours

Chao Pak Kei * Liga de Elite:

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* Taça de Macau:

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Career statistics

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Diego Silva Patriota
at HKFA {{DEFAULTSORT:Patriota, Diego 1986 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Sport Club do Recife players NK Junak Sinj players Boavista Sport Club players Central Sport Club players Club Sportivo Sergipe players Mixto Esporte Clube players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Macau Expatriate men's footballers in Macau Hong Kong First Division League players Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Chao Pak Kei players Footballers from Recife Liga de Elite players