Diogo da Costa Oliveira, commonly just Diogo, (born 4 January 1988) is a retired Brazilian football player who played both as a fullback and winger, mainly on the right side.

Career

Sport Club Internacional

Diogo started his career at

Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional, Inter de Porto Alegre, a cidade do Grêmio or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional Association football, football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Campeonato Bras ...

from

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

. Before becoming professional he won many championships and leagues with the youth team, specially the Brazil National Championship Sub-20, playing in the same team of

Alexandre Pato Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva (; born 2 September 1989), commonly known as Alexandre Pato () or just Pato, is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Pato began ...

. He became professional exactly in the best moment of the club's history. Because of that he trained along with the team that ended year 2006 as champion of

FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup (FIFA CWC) is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe ...

against

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

Norway

Diogo signed a one-year contract with

Stabæk Fotball Stabæk Fotball is a Norway, Norwegian professional association football, football club based in Bærum, a suburb of Oslo. It is part of the multi-sport organization Stabæk IF. Founded in 1912, the club's name is an archaic spelling of the sub ...

before the 2010 season. He scored his first and only goal for Stabæk against

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...

on September 12, 2010. The contract was not renewed.

Sweden and Finland

In August 2013 Diogo joined Swedish club

Vasalunds IF Vasalunds IF is a Swedish football club based in Solna, Stockholm. The club is affiliated with Stockholms Fotbollförbund. History Vasalund was formed in 1934 and play in the Swedish Third Division: Ettan Norra. In 2002 the club merged with Es ...

, but did not play any games.Fotbolltransfers
/ref> In 2014 and 2015, Diogo played 18 matches for

Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku () and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded i ...

in the

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

References

External links

Guardian's Stats Centre
1988 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers SC Internacional players Stabæk Fotball players FC Inter Turku players Eliteserien players Veikkausliiga players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Åbo IFK players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Footballers from São Paulo 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub