Diego Maurício

Diego Maurício

Personal information
Full name	Diego Maurício Machado de Brito
Date of birth	June 25, 1991 (1991-06-25) (age 20)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Flamengo
Number	15
Youth career
2006–2010	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2010–	Flamengo	48	(6)
National team‡
2011–	Brazil U-20	8	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 5, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 5, 2011

Diego Maurício (born June 25, 1991 in Rio de Janeiro), nicknamed Drogbinha (Little Drogba), is a Brazilian football striker. He was formed in the Flamengo youth system and has been recently promoted to the professional team. Recently he's been shopped around with interests from Red Star Belgrade and mainly Shaktar Donetsk which offered € 5 million for the player, but the offer has been declined as Flamengo's president, Patricia Amorim, stated that talks would only be initiated with a € 6 million offer.^[1]

Career

After working in the club's youth team with coach Rogério Lourenço for several years, in 2010 he got promoted to the professional team by the same coach. He debuted for Flamengo on May 23, 2010 in a 3-1 win against Grêmio Prudente, at Maracanã Stadium, as a substitute and suffered a penalty in the final minutes. It is considered a great promise of the club, a player with good physical size and skill, many compare it to Didier Drogba, fans fondly call the New Drogba or Drogbinha.^[2]

Diego scored his first professional goal on July 21, 2010 in a 1-1 draw against Avaí, at Maracanã Stadium.^[3][4]

Career statistics

(Correct as of November 5, 2011^[update])

Club	Season	State League		Brazilian Série A		Copa do Brasil		Copa Libertadores		Copa Sudamericana		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	2010	-	-	29	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	5
	2011	9	1	19	1	4	1	-	-	2	0	34	3
Total		9	1	48	6	4	1	-	-	2	0	63	8

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website^[5] and Flaestatística.^[6]

Honours

Club

• Flamengo
  • Taça Guanabara: 2011
  • Taça Rio: 2011
  • Rio de Janeiro State League: 2011

National Team

• South American Youth Championship: 2011

Contract

• Flamengo - October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2012.^[7]

References

1. ^ Flamengo recusa oferta de R$ 11,5 milhões por Diego Maurício (in Portuguese). May 12, 2011. Globoesporte.com. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
2. ^ Menos de 4 mil pagam para ver Fla vencer o Prudente no Maracanã (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. May 23, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
3. ^ Flamengo empata em 1 a 1 com o Avaí no Maracanã (in Portuguese). July 21, 2010. Flamengo.com.br. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
4. ^ Flamengo sai na frente, cochila, e Avaí arranca empate no Maracanã (in Portuguese). July 21, 2010. Globoesporte.com. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
5. ^ Flamengo official website (Portuguese)
6. ^ Flaestatística (Portuguese)
7. ^ CBF Registry (in Portuguese)

External links

• zerozerofootball.com
• Player profile @ Flapédia (Portuguese)

Persondata
Name	Mauricio, Diego
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian footballers
Date of birth	June 25, 1991
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death