Diogo Santos Rangel

Diogo Rangel
Personal information
Full nameDiogo Santos Rangel
Date of birth19 August 1991
Place of birthSão Paulo, Brazil
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Osotsapa
Number2
Youth career
YearsTeam
2004–2007Clube Pequeninos do Jockey
2007–2010Portuguesa
2010Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
2011Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
2012Dili United
2012–2013Sriwijaya12(1)
2013→ Gresik United (loan)16(1)
2014Daejeon Citizen1(0)
2014Gangwon FC1(0)
2015–Osotsapa2(0)
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012Timor-Leste U-214(1)
2011–Timor-Leste U-2311(2)
2012–Timor-Leste5(0)
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2012

Diogo Santos Rangel[1] (born on 19 August 1991) is a Brazilian-born East Timorese footballer who plays as Defender for Osotsapa and also the Timor-Leste national team. He also has a Brazil nationality.

Club careers

Dili United

After he defended the Timor Leste U-23 in the arena Southeast Asian Games he joined a local club in Dili, Timor Leste, namely Dili United.

Sriwijaya Football Club

After undergoing selection for two weeks with Sriwijaya, Diogo got a contract offer from the club's management. On 8 November 2012 Diogo agreed to sign a three-year contract with Sriwijaya.[2] He scored his first goal for Sriwijaya against Persisam Putra Samarinda, but his goal could not help his team from losing 2–4.

Gresik United

On May 2013 Diogo loaned to Gresik United from the Sriwijaya for 5-month until the end of season.

Daejeon Citizen

On March 2014 Diogo joined to Daejeon Citizen.[3]

International careers

Diogo's began his international career as a Timor Leste U-23 that in preparing for the Southeast Asian Games in November 2011. Diogo made his debut as a national team U-23 as warm-up match against Indonesia U-23 on 25 October 2011, which ended in defeat 0–5.[4] After that he played in 5 games and scored 1 goal in the event the Southeast Asian Games. In February 2012 he summons national team U-21 to compete in the arena 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, in the event he scored 1 goal in 4 games. In July 2012 was recalled to the national team U-23 that competed in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification. In this tournament he played 5 times and scored one goal.

On 5 October 2012 he made his debut as a Timor Leste national football team in the match against Cambodia in the event the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification which ended with a 5–1 win.[5][6] Until now Diogo has played in four games for the national team.[7]

Honours

Club honors

Sriwijaya

References

  1. Diogo Rangel on Soccerway
  2. Fitriansyah, Hensyi. "Sriwijaya FC Kontrak Diogo Santos Selama Tiga Tahun". goal.com. Goal.com. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. "Diogo Santos Rangel (디오고)". kleague.com. K League. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  4. Dennys, Ferril. "Babak I, Indonesia Hajar Timor Leste 4–0". kompas.com. Kompas. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. "Cambodia 1 Timor Leste 5". affsuzukucup.com. ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  6. "The match summary". affsuzukicup.com. ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  7. Diogo Santos Rangel at National-Football-Teams.com

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