Diogo Matos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diogo Maria de Sousa Franco de Matos | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1988 | Dramático Cascais | ||
| 1988–1989 | Estoril | ||
| 1989–1994 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1995 | Alverca | ||
| 1995–1996 | Académica | 15 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | Alverca | 103 | (4) |
| 2001–2004 | Sporting CP | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Las Palmas (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Alverca (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1995 | Portugal U20 | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Diogo Maria de Sousa Franco de Matos (born 15 November 1975), simply known as Diogo, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Born in Lisbon, Diogo finished his football formation with local and national powerhouse Sporting Clube de Portugal, but left the club at the age of 18, making his professional debuts with F.C. Alverca in the third division. In the 1995 summer he moved to Académica de Coimbra in the second level and, one year later, returned to Alverca who now was in the same category, promoting to the top flight at the end of his second season.
From 1999 to 2001 Diogo appeared in 48 top division games (44 starts) and scored three goals, helping Alverca finish in midtable on both occasions. He was then rebought by Sporting, but was nothing more than a fringe player for the Laszlo Bölöni-led side, who went on to win the 2002 national championship; during his contract he was also loaned to UD Las Palmas in Spain[1] and former club Alverca,[2] and retired from football in June 2004, aged only 28.
International career
Diogo played all the matches but one for the Portuguese under-20 team that finished third in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Qatar.[3]
Honours
References
- ↑ "Relatório e contas 2002/03" [Annual report 2002/03] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 2 December 2003. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ↑ "Relatório e contas 2003/04" [Annual report 2003/04] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 28 October 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
- ↑ Diogo – FIFA competition record
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Diogo Matos profile at ForaDeJogo