Diego Ferraresso

Diego Gustavo Ferraresso Scheda (Bulgarian: Диего Фераресо; born May 21, 1992), or simply Diego, is a Brazilian-born Bulgarian footballer who plays as a full-back for Ekstraklasa side Cracovia.

Diego
Diego with Litex in 2009
Personal information
Full name Diego Gustavo Ferraresso Scheda
Date of birth (1992-05-21) May 21, 1992
Place of birth Serra Negra, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Full-back / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Cracovia
Number 87
Youth career
2007–2010 Litex Lovech
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Litex Lovech 13 (5)
2011–2012 → Chavdar Etropole (loan) 36 (6)
2012–2014 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 60 (3)
2014–2016 Slavia Sofia 48 (0)
2016– Cracovia 67 (1)
National team
2012 Bulgaria U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:03, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Career

Diego started to play football in a private junior school of São Paulo. He comes from a poor family.[1]

Litex Lovech

He moved to Bulgaria, joining Litex Lovech's academy, after catching the eye of player agent Rogério Pereira.[1] Ferares made his team debut for Litex Lovech in a friendly match against Macedonian FK Pelister on July 1, 2008. In his first months with Litex, Diego played for reserve squad. Diego's first official match was against PFC Belasitsa Petrich on May 15, 2009.[1] He entered as a substitution in the 78 minute and scored his first goal for Litex. On June 14, 2009, Diego scored a hat-trick against Spartak Varna. He ended the 2008–09 season with 5 goals in 4 league matches.

Chavdar Etropole

After two seasons in Litex Lovech in 2011 he join to "B" group team Chavdar Etropole. He played two seasons, made 36 caps and scored six goals.

In the summer of 2012, Ferraresso spent approximately a month training with Botev Plovdiv, receiving the approval of then manager Ferario Spasov. However, the "canaries" were unable to sign him, as with his transfer they would have exceeded the limit on non-EU players in the team.[1]

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

For 2012–13 season, he signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[2]

International career

In June 2012, Diego received Bulgarian citizenship after he had lived in the country for five years.[3] Same year he received a call up for a training camp of Bulgaria U21 and have represented the team.[4] In an interview for the Brazilian web magazine Medium in April 2018, Diego showed his desire to represent Bulgaria on international level and to play in the World cup with the team.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 10 October 2020
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BulgariaLeagueBulgarian CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 1]Total
Litex Lovech A Group 2008–09 4500000045
2009–10 9000000090
Total135000000290
Chavdar Etropole (loan) B Group 2010–11 11000––110
2011–12 25600––256
Total366000000366
Lokomotiv Plovdiv A Group 2012–13 252200000272
2013–14 35170––421
Total603900000693
Slavia Sofia A Group 2014–15 25030––280
2015–16 23000––230
Total480300000510
PolandLeaguePolish CupEuropeOther[lower-alpha 2]Total
Cracovia Ekstraklasa 2016–17 12010––130
2017–18 17000––120
2018–19 24010––250
2019–20 1113020–163
2020–21 3000101050
Total671503010761
Career Total 22415170301024515
  1. Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
  2. Includes Polish SuperCup matches.

Honours

Litex Lovech
Cracovia

References
  1. Radkov, Iliyan (March 7, 2013). "Диего – диамантът, който блесна в Ловеч" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  2. "Диего Фераресо вече тренира с черно-белите". plovdivutre.bg. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  3. "Диего Фераресо става национал". football24.bg. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  4. Диего Фераресо: Чувствам се българин, ако ме повикат в националния, веднага ще дойда
  5. BR no mundo: Diego Ferraresso
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