Diogo Mateus de Almeida Maciel (born February 13, 1993) is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Guarani.

Career

Diogo Mateus came through the youth ranks with

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. During the 2012–13 seasons, whilst with the Under-23 side, he had a loan spell with Porto B, making his senior debut on 18 August 2012 against União Madeira. He stayed in Portugal with

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, signing a loan deal for the 2013–14 season, however this was not a success, and he played in only one game before returning to Brazil prematurely in December. In 2014 he was made part of the squad for

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, and made his top-flight debut against

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on 27 April. In May 2015 he joined Vitória on loan. He became first choice in his position as the team won promotion from

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. He was unable to agree a deal beyond the end of his loan spell with the club, and signed instead for Ponte Preta in March 2016. However, he could not break into the first team, and by August 2016 he had returned to Vitória, on loan until the end of the season. He returned to Ponte Preta, but was not registered for the 2017 edition of

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, and in February he signed for

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, with a desire to achieve another promotion from Série B. In December 2017 he signed for Ferroviária for 2018 Campeonato Paulista. At the end of the campaign he renewed his contract with the club, but was not registered for their Série D campaign, being loaned instead to CRB in April for their

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campaign. In April 2019, after spending the

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campaign with Ferroviária, he signed another loan agreement with

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Career statistics

Honours

Club

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mateus, Diogo 1993 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players FC Porto B players Portimonense S.C. players Sport Club Internacional players Esporte Clube Vitória players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Criciúma Esporte Clube players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Kawasaki Frontale players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Footballers from São Paulo