Paulo Diogo

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Paulo Diogo
Personal information
Full name Paulo da Cruz Diogo
Date of birth April 21, 1976 (1976-04-21) (age 32)
Place of birth   
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club FC Schaffhausen
Number 10
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994-1999
1997-1998
2000-2004
2001-2002
2005
2006-		 Lausanne Sports
→ Yverdon Sport (loan)
Servette FC
→ Grenoble Foot 38 (loan)
FC Sion
FC Schaffhausen		 93 (3)
33 (10)
118 (7)
26 (2)
8 (0)
85 (6)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Paulo da Cruz Diogo (born 21 April 1975) is a Swiss professional footballer of Portuguese origin who played almost his entire professional career in the Swiss first division. He is notable in football lore for a unique and gruesome accident that he suffered on the football pitch, which resulted in him losing his left ring finger.

On December 5, 2004, playing for Servette FC in an away game against FC Schaffhausen, Diogo set up a goal for Jean Beausejour in the 87th minute of the game. By way of celebration, he jumped up on the metal perimeter fence separating the fans from the pitch. Unnoticed by him, his wedding ring caught in the barrier (Diogo had married not long before). As he jumped off the fence, much of his finger tore off along with the ring.

To add insult to injury, referee Florian Etter then penalized him with a yellow card for excessive time-wasting with his "celebration". In fact, the match stewards were searching for his finger. Later that night, Diogo was taken to a Zurich hospital, but the doctors failed to re-attach the severed part of the finger and advised that the remaining part of his finger be amputated to the first joint. He has continued to play football since the accident.

After being released by Sion, he signed for FC Schaffhausen on 28 January 2006.

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