Diogo Ferreira Salomão (born 14 September 1988) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for C.F. Estrela da Amadora.

Club career

Born in

Amadora Amadora () is a municipality and urbanized city in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78 km² (9.2 sq mi). It is the most densely populated mun ...

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, Salomão played for three teams as a youth, including two spells at local C.F. Estrela da Amadora. In 2007 he made his senior debut, helping another club from the region, Casa Pia AC, promote from the regional leagues to the

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in his first season. In the 2009–10 campaign, Salomão started in all but one of the league games he appeared in for Real SC, helping the side to the 12th position in the third tier. He subsequently moved straight into the

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, as he signed a four-year contract with

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. Salomão made his debut in the top flight on 26 September 2010, playing 45 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against

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. He finished his first season with the ''Lions'' with 23 official matches – four goals, including two in the

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against

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(5–0 home win) and

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(5–1, also at home)– and, although not a regular starter for the club, showed glimpses of his talent, being compared by many to

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international Nani. On 28 June 2011, deemed surplus to requirements by new Sporting boss

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as several Portuguese players, Salomão was loaned to

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in Spain, in a

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-long move. He contributed four goals in his 16 starts and 1,475 minutes of action in total, as the

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returned to

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after only one year. Salomão was again loaned to ''Depor'' in

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, being joined in the team by Sporting teammate

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. He made his debut in the top division on 20 October 2012, playing 11 minutes in a 4–5 home loss to

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. Salomão returned to Sporting in summer 2013, being assigned to the reserves in the Segunda Liga. On 18 January 2014, he returned to Deportivo again in a temporary deal; after achieving another top-flight promotion, he extended his stay for another year on 23 July. On 23 May 2015, in only his sixth league appearance of the season, Salomão helped his team come from behind by scoring in the 76th minute of a 2–2 draw at Barcelona in the last round that prevented relegation. He left Sporting in late January 2016, to sign with

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club

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. On 27 June 2017, Salomão joined

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. On 2 February 2019, after 62 competitive games, he left Romania, moving the same day to

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of the

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at the request of Romanian coach

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. Salomão returned to the Romanian top tier on 16 July 2019, signing a contract with

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. The following 31 January, the

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moved back to Portugal and its main league with

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International career

In July 2011, Salomão turned down an offer from manager

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to represent his ancestral

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at international level. His only appearance for the Portugal under-21 team consisted of 12 minutes in a 0–2 friendly home loss against

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in Anadia on 2 March 2010, after coming on as a substitute for

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's Rabiola.

Career statistics

Honours

Deportivo *

: 2011–12

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salomao, Diogo 1988 births Living people People from Amadora Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Footballers from Lisbon District Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Casa Pia A.C. players Real S.C. players Sporting CP footballers Sporting CP B players C.D. Santa Clara players La Liga players Segunda División players Deportivo de La Coruña players RCD Mallorca players Liga I players FC Dinamo București players FC Steaua București players Saudi Professional League players Al-Hazem F.C. players Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia