Diego Souza (footballer, born 1985)
Diego de Souza Andrade (born 17 June 1985) is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward for Vasco da Gama, Grêmio, Sport Recife, and many other clubs.
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Souza with São Paulo in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Diego de Souza Andrade | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sport Recife | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Fluminense | 60 | (8) |
| 2005–2007 | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Flamengo (loan) | 35 | (7) |
| 2007 | → Grêmio (loan) | 64 | (16) |
| 2008–2010 | Palmeiras | 130 | (34) |
| 2010–2011 | Atlético Mineiro | 34 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Vasco da Gama | 87 | (30) |
| 2012 | Al-Ittihad | 5 | (2) |
| 2013 | Cruzeiro | 22 | (7) |
| 2013–2015 | Metalist Kharkiv | 19 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Sport Recife (loan) | 78 | (21) |
| 2016 | Fluminense | 9 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | Sport Recife | 95 | (36) |
| 2018–2019 | São Paulo | 59 | (17) |
| 2019 | → Botafogo (loan) | 41 | (9) |
| 2020–2023 | Grêmio | 155 | (71) |
| 2023– | Sport Recife | 11 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Brazil U17 | |||
| 2005 | Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–2017 | Brazil | 7 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:44, 10 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 January 2018 | |||
In a journeyman career, he played for ten clubs in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, including nine of the Big Twelve, having begun at Fluminense in 2003. He also played for Sport Recife, where he was Série A top scorer in 2016.
Souza also had brief spells in Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine. He earned seven caps for Brazil from his debut in 2009, scoring twice.
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