| Intro | Brazilian footballers | ||||||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | Brazil | ||||||||
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| Gender | male | ||||||||
| Birth | 25 June 1991, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||
| Age: | 29 years | ||||||||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||||||||
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Diego Maurício (born June 25, 1991 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian football striker. He plays for CSA.
Career
After working in the club’s youth team with coach Rogério Lourenço for several years, in 2010 he got promoted to the professional team by the same coach. He debuted for Flamengo on May 23, 2010 in a 3-1 win against Grêmio Prudente, at Maracanã Stadium, as a substitute and suffered a penalty in the final minutes. It is considered a great promise of the club, a player with good physical size and skill, many fans compare Maurício to Didier Drogba, calling him Drogbinha, which means the Little Drogba.
Diego scored his first professional goal on July 21, 2010 in a 1-1 draw against Avaí, at Maracanã Stadium.
Flamengo’s president, Patricia Amorim, declined a €6 million offer from Shaktar Donetsk for the player in May 2011.
On August 14, 2012 Russian club Alania Vladikavkaz signed Diego Maurício from Flamengo for €2,8 million. After A loan spell back at Brazil, he signed for top division Portuguese club Vitória F.C. in July 2014.
Before 2016 season opening, he joined to Ratchaburi F.C. in Thai Premier League, by trained with the club for about one month, but has moved away without cause.
Career statistics
- (Correct as of August 14, 2012)
| Club | Season | State League | Brazilian Série A | Copa do Brasil | Copa Libertadores | Copa Sudamericana | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Flamengo | 2010 | – | – | 29 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 5 |
| 2011 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 1 | 55 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 8 | |
according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website and Flaestatística.
Honours
Club
- Flamengo
- Taça Guanabara: 2011
- Taça Rio: 2011
- Rio de Janeiro State League: 2011
National Team
- South American Youth Championship: 2011
Contract
- Flamengo – October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2012.