Diogo Santos

Diogo de Almeida Santos (born 13 November 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Académico de Viseu F.C. as a defensive midfielder.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Santos.
Diogo Santos
Santos in action for Arouca in 2010
Personal information
Full name Diogo de Almeida Santos
Date of birth (1984-11-13) 13 November 1984
Place of birth Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Académico Viseu
Number 5
Youth career
1995–2003 Oliveirense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Oliveirense 143 (11)
2008–2009 Gil Vicente 8 (0)
2010–2012 Arouca 53 (5)
2012–2013 Oliveirense 45 (4)
2013–2015 Brașov 25 (0)
2015–2016 Famalicão 37 (1)
2016–2019 Santa Clara 66 (6)
2019– Académico Viseu 34 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2021

Club career

Born in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon District, Santos started his senior career with U.D. Oliveirense, spending his first five seasons in the third division and scoring a career-best five goals in his last. In the 2008 off-season he signed with Gil Vicente F.C. of the Segunda Liga, making his debut in the competition on 24 August in a 1–1 away draw against his former club.[1]

Santos returned to the third level in January 2010, joining Arouca and helping to promotion in his first year. In 2011–12 he contributed ten appearances and one goal[2] during the first half of the campaign, but finished it with Oliveirense.

On 19 June 2013, Santos moved abroad after agreeing to a two-year contract at SR Brașov in the Romanian Liga I.[3] After featuring sparingly during his spell, he returned to Portugal and its division two by signing a one-year deal with F.C. Famalicão.[4]

Santos joined C.D. Santa Clara in June 2016, reuniting with manager Daniel Ramos in the process.[5] In 2017–18, he scored three times from 26 appearances as the club returned to the Primeira Liga after a 15-year absence.

Santos played his first match in the Portuguese top tier on 12 August 2018 at the age of 33 years and nine months, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 away loss to C.S. Marítimo.[6] In the following transfer window, he returned to the second division with Académico Viseu FC.[7][8]

References
  1. "Oliveirense-Gil Vicente, 1–1: Equipa da casa empata dos [sic] descontos" [Oliveirense-Gil Vicente, 1–1: Home team draw in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 August 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. "Oliveirense-Arouca-Oliveirense, 3–3: Empate em jogo louco" [Arouca-Oliveirense, 3–3: Draw in crazy match]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 December 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. "FC Braşov îşi anunţă candidatura la un loc fruntaş în Liga 1 » Primele două transferuri" [FC Braşov announce candidacy to lead role in League 1 » The first two transfers]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 19 June 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  4. "Diogo Santos é o terceiro reforço" [Diogo Santos is the third addition]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  5. "Diogo Santos garantido" [Diogo Santos confirmed]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  6. Caires, Raul (12 August 2018). "Marítimo-Santa Clara, 1–0 (crónica)" [Marítimo-Santa Clara, 1–0 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  7. "Académico de Viseu recebe quarto reforço de inverno" [Académico de Viseu get fourth winter addition]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  8. "Diogo Santos deixa Santa Clara e é `reforço de inverno´ do Académico de Viseu" [Diogo Santos leaves Santa Clara and is an Académico de Viseu `winter addition´]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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