Diego Lochness Santos Oliveira (born 11 February 1987) is a Brazilian

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who plays as a forward or

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Career

Oliveira started his professional career at Italian

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side Chievo. In July 2005, he was loaned to

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Cittadella

He left for Serie C1 side

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on 4 July 2007 on loan with option to sign him in co-ownership deal in the next season. He won promotion playoffs with club in 2008 and promoted to

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

. He continued to play as a substitute player after the club purchased him for €500. On 26 June 2009, Chievo bought him back for an undisclosed fee, but on 24 July 2009 returned to Cittadella in another co-ownership deal for €500. Cittadella later signed Antimo Iunco on loan and signed Oliveira outright ; it sold Manuel Iori to Chievo in co-ownership deal. Oliveira started 13 Serie B matches and also played 10 league matches as substitute.

Vicenza

On 1 July 2010, he was signed by fellow

side

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in 3-year contract, for €130,000 (direct swap with

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who tagged for €130,000). On 27 January 2011, he mutually terminated his contract to return to Brazil. On 9 August 2011 he accepted to play in

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for

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thanks to the insistence of the

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Oreste Cinquini, who previously took Oliveira in Italy when he was only thirteen.

References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (2009–10)
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Diego Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Serie B players Campo Grande Atlético Clube players Bologna FC 1909 players AC ChievoVerona players Calcio Padova players AS Cittadella players FC Matera players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Men's association football wingers Footballers from Bahia 1987 births Living people People from Camacan 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy