Diego de Souza Andrade

Diego Souza

Personal information
Full name	Diego de Souza Andrade
Date of birth	17 June 1985 (1985-06-17) (age 26)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Vasco da Gama
Number	10
Youth career
2002	Fluminense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2005	Fluminense	40	(3)
2005–2007	Benfica	0	(0)
2005–2006	→ Flamengo (loan)	22	(5)
2007	→ Grêmio (loan)	33	(8)
2008–2010	Palmeiras	67	(14)
2010–2011	Atlético Mineiro	28	(5)
2011–	Vasco da Gama	22	(9)
National team
	Brazil U-17	?	(?)
2005	Brazil U-20	2	(0)
2008	Brazil U-23	?	(?)
2009–	Brazil	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Diego de Souza Andrade or simply Diego Souza (born 17 June 1985) is a Brazilian midfielder. He currently plays for Vasco da Gama.

Career

Fluminense

Diego Souza began playing club football for Fluminense in the Brazilian League where he quickly impressed and earned a move to Europe.

Benfica and loans

Benfica signed him from Fluminense and loaned to Flamengo. He returned to Benfica in 2006–07 Primeira Liga but only appeared on 19 September 2006 as unused bench. In 2007, he went on loan to Grêmio. He was influential at Grêmio scoring a handful of goals most notably a set-piece against Santos FC as they made the Copa Libertadores final losing out to Boca Juniors.

Palmeiras

In 2008, he moved to Palmeiras (and partner) for €3.75M total fee.^[1] He signed a contract until December 2011.^[2] Co-currently, along with Lenny, Fluminense transferred its shares on both players' economic rights to Desportivo Brasil (owned by Traffic Group) as part of the deal, made Fluminense gained a profit of R$ 1,320 thousand and R$ 1,500 thousand respectively.^[3] Both players were signed by Palmeiras as part of R$ 40 million partnership with Traffic, which Palmeiras only owned 10~20% of the rights of Diego.^[4]

On 18 April 2009, he received a red card after an argument with Domingos during the state semi finals match against Santos. He later took Domingos down after coming back to the field.

On 29 November 2009, he scored a magnificent goal against Atlético Mineiro from the mid-field area. At the same year in the Série A, Diego Souza helped Palmeiras lead until the end, but lost the title in the last rounds of the tournament.

Atlético Mineiro

On June 30, 2010, Clube Atlético Mineiro's president Alexandre Kalil announced that Diego Souza had signed a contract.^[5] After the transaction, Mineiro owned 70% and 30% owned by Traffic, and costed Atlético Mineiro a reported R$ 6.6 million.^[6]

Vasco

On 2 March 2011, he was signed by Vasco da Gama in 4-year contract.^[7]

National team

Diego was part of the Brazil U-23 side.^{[citation needed]} Diego was in the winning sqaud of Brazil U-17 at the 2001 South American Under 17 Football Championship in Peru. He played twice in 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Diego Souza was called to play for Brazil national football team, in a game aganist Chile. He made his debut against the Bolivia national football team on 11 October 2009.

Career statistics

As of April 3, 2011.^[8]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fluminense	2003	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
	2004	29	3	3	1	0	0	32	4
	2005	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	Total	40	3	4	1	0	0	45	4
Flamengo	2005	22	5	3	1	0	0	25	6
	2006	1	0	7	0	0	0	8	0
	Total	23	5	10	1	0	0	33	6
Benfica	2006–07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grêmio	2007	33	8	-	-	11	2	44	10
	Total	33	8	-	-	11	2	44	10
Palmeiras	2008	33	6	4	1	3	1	40	8
	2009	34	8	-	-	9	4	43	12
	2010	0	0	7	1	0	0	7	1
	Total	67	14	11	2	12	5	90	21
Atlético Mineiro	2010	28	5	0	0	4	0	32	5
	Total	28	5	0	0	0	0	32	5
Vasco da Gama	2011	22	9	9	3	1	1	22	8
	Total	22	9	9	3	1	1	22	8
Career total		215	44	34	7	24	8	268	54

• Tournaments such as: Campeonato Paulista, Gaúcho, Carioca, Campeonato Mineiro and Recopa Sudamericana are not included.

Honours

Clubs

• Fluminense
  • Rio de Janeiro State League: 2005

• Flamengo
  • Copa do Brasil: 2006

• Grêmio
  • Rio Grande do Sul State League: 2007

• Palmeiras
  • São Paulo State League: 2008

• Vasco da Gama
  • Copa do Brasil: 2011

National team

• Superclásico de las Américas: 2011

References

1. ^ Palmeiras anuncia Diego Souza. (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. January 12, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
2. ^ "Diego Souza acerta com o Palmeiras" (in Portuguese). Palmeiras. 11 January 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. http://replay.web.archive.org/20080115072502/http://palmeiras.globo.com/noticias/exibir_noticia.asp?Cod=665&Categoria=Futebol&Sub=Profissional. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
3. ^ "Balanço Patrimonial de 2008" (in Portuguese). Fluminense FC. http://www.fluminense.com.br/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=9&Itemid=93. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
4. ^ Costa, Juliano (7 January 2008). "Palmeiras acerta a contratação do meia Diego Souza". Jornal da Tarde. http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/esportes,palmeiras-acerta-a-contratacao-do-meia-diego-souza,105624,0.htm. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
5. ^ Alexandre Kalil anuncia a contratação de Diego Souza pelo Atlético-MG. (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. June 30, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
6. ^ "Vasco quer Diego Souza, mas Atlético-MG pede muito alto" (in Portuguese). Terra Brasil. 20 February 2011. http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/estaduais/2011/noticias/0,,OI4954357-EI17140,00-Vasco+quer+Diego+Souza+mas+AtleticoMG+pede+muito+alto.html. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
7. ^ "Diego Souza é o novo reforço do Vasco" (in Portuguese). CR Vasco da Gama. 2 March 2011. http://www.crvascodagama.com//index.php/materia/index/2114. 
8. ^ Futpédia (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. Retrieved April, 2011.

External links

• (English) UEFA Profile
• (English) sambafoot
• (Portuguese) zerozero.pt
• (Portuguese)Futpédia
• (English) transfermarkt
• Diego de Souza Andrade – FIFA competition record

Persondata
Name	Souza Andrade, Diego
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Date of birth	June 17, 1985
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death
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