Diogo Lucas Queirós (born 5 January 1999) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portugu ...

Club career

Porto

Born in

Matosinhos Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal () is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre). The population in 2011 was 175,478, and covered an area of approx ...

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, Queirós joined

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

's youth system at the age of 11 from local club

Leixões SC The Port of Leixões ( pt, Porto de Leixões, ) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club The Port of Leixões ( pt, P ...

. He made his debut as a senior on 27 August 2017, playing 90 minutes for the reserve team in a 1–0 home win against

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

in the

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. The previous June, he had renewed his contract until 2021. On 27 August 2019, Queirós was loaned to

Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

of the

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. His maiden appearance in the competition took place three days later, in a 2–2 away draw with

K.V. Mechelen Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (), often simply called KV Mechelen () or KVM, or by their former French name FC Malinois, is a Belgian professional football club based in Mechelen in the Antwerp province. KV Mechelen plays in the ...

. He played 21 total games during his spell, and scored in a 2–0 home victory over

K.V. Kortrijk Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk (often simply called KV Kortrijk or KVK) is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division, and they achieved their best ranking ever during the 200 ...

on 15 September.

Famalicão

Queirós signed a three-year deal with

on 6 October 2020. He appeared in his first

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

match on 7 November, starting and finishing the 2–1 home defeat of

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as Marítimo ( locally ), is a Portuguese sports club founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. Marítimo is best known for its football team playing in Portugal's top-flight competition, the Primeira Liga. ...

. On 31 August 2021, Queirós moved to Spanish

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side

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

on a one-year loan deal with an option to buy. The following 30 January, after just eight competitive appearances, his loan was cut short.

Career statistics

Honours

Porto Youth *

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: 2018–19 Portugal *

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UEFA European Under-19 Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain and England ...

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Individual *UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament:

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UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the compe ...

Team of the Tournament:

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Orders *Medal of the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Queiros, Diogo 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Matosinhos Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players FC Porto B players F.C. Famalicão players Belgian Pro League players Royal Excel Mouscron players Segunda División players Real Valladolid players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain