Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Lochness Santos Oliveira[1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 February 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Camacan[1], Brazil | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger, Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Free agent | ||
Youth career | |||
Campo Grande[2] | |||
2000–2002 | Bologna | ||
2002–2005 | Chievo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2005–2008 | Chievo | 0 | (0) |
2005–2007 | → Padova (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Cittadella (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2008–2010 | Cittadella | 57 | (3) |
2010–2011 | Vicenza | 11 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Diego Lochness Santos Oliveira (born 11 February 1987) is a Brazilian footballer.
Oliveira started his professional career at Italian Serie A side Chievo. In July 2005, he was loaned to Padova of Serie C1.[3]
He left for Serie C1 side Cittadella on 4 July 2007 on loan with option to sign him in co-ownership deal in the next season.[4] He won promotion playoffs with club in 2008 and promoted to Serie B. He continued to play as a substitute player after the club purchased him.
On 26 June 2009, Chievo bought him back,[5] but on 24 July 2009 returned to Cittadella in another co-ownership deal.[6] Cittadella later signed Antimo Iunco on loan[7] and signed Oliveira outright ; it sold Manuel Iori to Chievo in co-ownership deal.[8] Oliveira started 13 Serie B matches and also played 10 league matches as substitute.
On 1 July 2010, he was signed by fellow Serie B side Vicenza in 3-year contract,[9] which sold Julián Magallanes to Cittadella earlier on 25 June,[10][11] who was already on loan to Cittadella on 1 February.[12] As part of the deal, Chievo also swapped Amedeo Benedetti with Vicenza's Mattia Minesso and both clubs retained 50% registration rights.[9]
On 27 January 2011, he mutually terminated his contract in order to return to Brazil.[13]
On 9 August 2011 he accepted to play in Serie D for Venezia thanks to the insistence of the Director of Football Oreste Cinquini, who previously took Oliveira in Italy when he was only thirteen.[14]