Diego Porfírio da Silva (born 1 August 1999), known as Diego Porfírio, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Desportivo Aliança.

Club career

Diego was born in

Pindamonhangaba Pindamonhangaba is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Federative units of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil, located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the co ...

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, and was a

Taubaté Taubaté is a medium-sized city in the state of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. History Taubaté was part of the ancient Tupinambá Territory, along the Paraíba do Sul River. The Tupinambá Territory in the 16th century, stretched from ...

youth graduate. After making his senior debut in the 2018

Copa Paulista The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

, he moved to Democrata-GV for the 2020 season. In September 2020, Diego was announced at Tupynambás for the Série D. He began the 2021 campaign at Desportivo Aliança, before moving on loan to Série C side Ypiranga-RS on 27 May of that year. Diego renewed his loan deal for the 2022 season on 8 December 2021, and was a regular starter during the

2022 Campeonato Gaúcho The 2022 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1, better known as the 2022 Campeonato Gaúcho (officially the Gauchão Ipiranga 2022 for sponsorship reasons), was the 102nd season of Rio Gra ...

as his side reached the finals for the first time ever. On 4 April 2022, he moved to Série A side

Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the olde ...

on loan until April 2023, with a buyout clause. Diego made his debut in the top tier of Brazilian football on 29 May 2022, coming on as a late substitute for Guilherme Biro in a 1–0 home win over

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Coritiba profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Porfirio, Diego 1999 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Esporte Clube Taubaté players Esporte Clube Democrata players Tupynambás Futebol Clube players Ypiranga Futebol Clube players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Guarani FC players 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen People from Pindamonhangaba