João Diogo Jennings (born 13 January 1999), commonly known as João Diogo, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Sampaio Corrêa.

Career

João Diogo is a product of

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (), known simply as Cruzeiro, is a Brazilian sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays ...

youth sportive system. In August 2019 he signed a loan deal with the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

Karpaty Lviv Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv. History Early years (1963–68) The team of Karpaty was founded on 18 January, 1963. In 1961 Silmash Lviv won the championship of Lviv Oblast but lost its p ...

Personal life

On 26 September 2022, João Diogo and Botafogo-SP teammates

Lucas Delgado Alexis Lucas Delgado (born 24 March 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Fénix. Career Delgado started life in senior football with Guaraní Antonio Franco; signing from Boca Juniors. He featured six ...

and

Dudu Hatamoto Eduardo Barbosa Hatamoto (born 6 August 2003), known as Dudu Hatamoto or just Dudu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Portugal 2 club Feirense. Career Early career Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Dudu began his caree ...

were accused of

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. Delgado was released by the club two days later, while Dudu and João Diogo were punished by Botafogo.

References

External links

Profile at Zerozero
* 1999 births Living people Footballers from Pará Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Ukrainian Premier League players Figueirense FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Karpaty Lviv players União Recreativa dos Trabalhadores players Manaus Futebol Clube players Associação Atlética Caldense players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Associação Atlética Aparecidense players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players People from Santarém, Pará {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub