Diogo Valente

Diogo Valente
Personal information
Full name Diogo Jorge Moreno Valente
Date of birth (1984-09-23) 23 September 1984
Place of birth Aveiro, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Freamunde
Number 28
Youth career
1994–2000 Beira-Mar
2000–2001 Boavista
2001–2002 Feirense
2002–2003 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Boavista 45 (6)
2003–2004Chaves (loan) 27 (1)
2006–2009 Porto 1 (0)
2007Marítimo (loan) 5 (1)
2007–2009Leixões (loan) 46 (5)
2009–2011 Braga 8 (0)
2010–2011Académica (loan) 29 (2)
2011–2012 Académica 28 (2)
2012–2015 CFR Cluj 19 (1)
2013–2014Académica (loan) 21 (1)
2014−2015Gil Vicente (loan) 10 (1)
2015–2016 Şanlıurfaspor 12 (2)
2016– Freamunde 17 (2)
National team
2005–2007 Portugal U21 12 (0)
2005–2009 Portugal B 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017.

Diogo Jorge Moreno Valente (born 23 September 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for S.C. Freamunde.

Club career

Boavista

Valente was born in Aveiro. A product of Boavista FC's youth system he made his professional debuts for the northerners in the 2004–05 season, and quickly established himself as first-choice in winger positions as Boavista achieved two consecutive sixth places in the Primeira Liga.

Previously, Valente served a one-year loan at G.D. Chaves in the second division.

Porto

In July 2006, Valente signed for an undisclosed fee with FC Porto but, in January 2007, after appearing just once (albeit in an important match, a 1–1 draw at Sporting Clube de Portugal), he was loaned to C.S. Marítimo,[1] where he scored in a 1–1 away draw against C.D. Aves.

Valente jumped the "loan train" again from 2007 to 2009, this time at Leixões S.C., in Matosinhos, which had returned to the top flight for the 2007–08 campaign. Alongside teammates Paulo Machado and Vieirinha, also loaned by Porto, he proved instrumental as the club retained its league status at the end of the first season.

Braga / Académica

On 1 July 2009, Valente left Porto by mutual agreement, joining S.C. Braga for an undisclosed fee. As the Minho side finished in a best-ever second position he appeared rarely, sometimes not even making the list of 18.

Valente featured regularly for Académica de Coimbra during 2010–11, on loan. On 29 June 2011, he terminated his contract with Braga and signed a one-year deal with the Students.[2] During his first year in his second spell he again rarely missed a game, and scored once in seven contests in the season's Taça de Portugal, which ended in conquest after 73 years.

Cluj

In late May 2012, Valente joined Romanian club CFR Cluj on a three-year contract,[3] where he shared teams with a host of compatriots.

Club statistics

As of 22 February 2015
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boavista 2004–05[4] Primeira Liga 23432266
2005–06[4] Primeira Liga 22200222
Total 45632488
Chaves (loan) 2003–04[4] Segunda Liga 27110281
Porto 2006–07[4] Primeira Liga 10000010
Marítimo (loan) 2006–07[4] Primeira Liga 511061
Leixões (loan) 2007–08[4] Primeira Liga 17131202
2008–09[4] Primeira Liga 29461355
Total 46592557
Braga 2009–10[4] Primeira Liga 80302[lower-alpha 1]0130
Académica (loan) 2010–11[4] Primeira Liga 29261353
Académica 2011–12[4] Primeira Liga 28281363
Total 574142716
CFR Cluj 2012–13[5] Liga I 191524[lower-alpha 2]0283
Académica (loan) 2013–14[4] Primeira Liga 21161272
Gil Vicente (loan) 2014–15[4] Primeira Liga 10140141
Career total 239194396028828
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

Honours

Porto
Académica

References

  1. Porto pair go out on loan; UEFA.com, 28 December 2006
  2. Diogo Valente assina pela Académica (Diogo Valente signs for Académica); A Bola, 29 June 2011 (in Portuguese)
  3. Bun venit, Diogo Valente! (Welcome, Diogo Valente!); CFR 1907, 28 May 2012 (in Romanian)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Diogo Valente". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. "Diogo Valente". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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