Diego Gonçalves (born 22 September 1994), sometimes known as just Diego, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Criciúma Criciúma () is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home material ...

, on loan from

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Club career

Born in

Guarujá Guarujá (; ) is a municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of the Baixada Santista. The population is 311,116 (2022 preliminary census count) in an area of . This place name comes from the Tupi lan ...

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, Diego Gonçalves played for AA Ponte Preta and

Fluminense FC Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest Association football, football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato B ...

's youth systems, after starting it out at

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with Gamma Esportes and AE Barra Funda. On 21 July 2013 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Portuguese side

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. Diego Gonçalves made his professional debut on 17 August 2013, starting in a 0–2 away loss against

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães or sometimes just Vitória, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Est ...

in the

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. He was regularly used under manager

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, but after the arrival of Paulo Alves, he lost his starting spot and rescinded his link on 27 November. On 26 January 2014 Diego Gonçalves went on a trial at

Atlético Clube de Portugal Atlético Clube de Portugal is a Portuguese sports club based in the parish of Alcântara, in the west side of Lisbon. The club was established on 18 September 1942 through the merger of two local clubs from Alcântara: Carcavelinhos Football ...

, signing a contract shortly after. He left the side at the end of the campaign, after appearing sparingly. On 5 January 2015 Diego Gonçalves signed for Portuguesa, freshly relegated to Série C. He made his debut for the club on 1 February, starting and scoring the first in a 3–2 away win against Ponte Preta for the

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championship. On 1 December 2015, Diego Gonçalves renewed his contract with ''Lusa'' for a further year. On 11 July 2016, however, he was released, and subsequently joined Internacional; initially assigned to the B-team, he was promoted to the main squad on 8 October by manager

Celso Roth Celso Juarez Roth (born 30 November 1957) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a central defender. Coaching career On 4 May 2009, the former Grêmio coach joined Atlético Mineiro until the end of the season, he rep ...

. Diego Gonçalves made his Série A debut on 6 November 2016, replacing Aylon in a 0–1 away loss against

Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is ...

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Copa Verde The Copa Verde () is an annual regional knockout football competition in Brazil that started in 2014, and played by 24 teams from the North and Central-West regions, plus Espírito Santo (Espírito Santo state was included because they competed ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

;Botafogo *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

References

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Olhanense profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goncalves, Diego 1994 births Living people Footballers from Guarujá Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players SC Internacional players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Olhanense players Atlético Clube de Portugal players Paraná Clube players Ventforet Kofu players J2 League players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players Londrina Esporte Clube players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Figueirense FC players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Botafogo FR players Goiás Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Juventude players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan