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 with Litex in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Gustavo Ferraresso Scheda | ||
Date of birth | 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 performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||||
Litex Lovech | A Group | 2008–09 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
2009–10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
Total | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
Chavdar Etropole (loan) | B Group | 2010–11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
2011–12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 6 | |||||
Total | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | |||
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | A Group | 2012–13 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
2013–14 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 1 | |||||
Total | 60 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 3 | |||
Slavia Sofia | A Group | 2014–15 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | |||||
Total | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |||
Poland | League | Polish Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 2] | Total | ||||||||
Cracovia | Ekstraklasa | 2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||||
2018–19 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||||
2019–20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 3 | ||||
2020–21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 67 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 1 | |||
Career Total | 224 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 245 | 15 |
- Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
- Includes Polish SuperCup matches.
Honours
Litex Lovech
- Cracovia
References
- Radkov, Iliyan (March 7, 2013). "Диего – диамантът, който блесна в Ловеч" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- "Диего Фераресо вече тренира с черно-белите". plovdivutre.bg. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
- "Диего Фераресо става национал". football24.bg. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- Диего Фераресо: Чувствам се българин, ако ме повикат в националния, веднага ще дойда
- BR no mundo: Diego Ferraresso
External links
- Diego Ferraresso at Soccerway
- Diego Ferraresso at 90minut.pl (in Polish)