Diego Souza

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Personal information
Diego
Full name	Diego Souza de Andrade
Date of birth	June 17, 1985
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	172 cm (5'7")
Nickname	Diego Souza
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Grêmio
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2005 2005-2005 2005-2006 2006 2007-present	Fluminense SL Benfica Flamengo (loan) Benfica Grêmio (loan)	34 (2) 0 (0) 22 (5) 2 (0) ? (?)
National team²
2001-present	Brazil U-21	25 (9)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 18, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Diego Souza de Andrade (born June 17, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Grêmio.

[edit] Clubs

Diego Souza began playing Club football for Fluminense in the Brazilian League where he quickly impressed and earned a move to Europe. At first many Benfica fans thought that he would not impress but the were soon mistaken when the club put him on a loan deal with Flamengo. As of May 2006, he's back at the Portuguese club. In 2007, he goes on loan to Grêmio.

[edit] National Team

Diego was part of the winning Brazilian U-21 Side. Diego was first spotted by Benfica helping Brazil to victory at the 2001 South American Under-17 Championship in Peru.

[edit] External Links

UEFA.COM Bio

SL Benfica - Current Squad
1 Moreira \| 2 P. Correia \| 3 Anderson \| 4 Luisão \| 5 Léo \| 6 Petit \| 7 M. Ferreira \| 8 Katsouranis \| 9 Mantorras \| 10 Rui Costa \| 11 Miguelito \| 12 Quim \| 15 P. Jorge \| 16 Beto \| 18 Manú \| 20 Simão \| 21 Nuno Gomes \| 22 Nélson \| 23 David Luiz \| 25 N. Assis \| 26 Karagounis \| 27 Derlei \| 28 J. Coimbra \| 30 Miccoli \| 31 Moretto \| Manager: Fernando Santos