Diogo Matos

Diogo
Personal information
Full name	Diogo Maria de Sousa Franco de Matos
Date of birth	15 November 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1985–1988	Dramático Cascais
1988–1989	Estoril
1989–1994	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	Alverca
1995–1996	Académica
1996–2001	Alverca
2001–2004	Sporting CP
2002–2003	→ Las Palmas (loan)
2003–2004	→ Alverca (loan)
Total
International career
1995	Portugal U20
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diogo Maria de Sousa Franco de Matos (born 15 November 1975), known simply 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 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 tier, promoting to the Primeira Liga 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 Portugal 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] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 2 December 2003. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
^ "Relatório e contas 2003/04" [Annual report 2003/04] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 28 October 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ Diogo – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Vila Real-Sporting, 0–4: Tudo fácil pelo profissionalismo" [Vila Real-Sporting, 0–4: Everything made easier through professionalism]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 January 2002. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

External links

Diogo Matos at ForaDeJogo (archived)

[1] "Relatório e contas 2002/03" [Annual report 2002/03] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 2 December 2003. Retrieved 25 November 2010.

[2] "Relatório e contas 2003/04" [Annual report 2003/04] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 28 October 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[3] Diogo – FIFA competition record (archived)

[4] "Vila Real-Sporting, 0–4: Tudo fácil pelo profissionalismo" [Vila Real-Sporting, 0–4: Everything made easier through professionalism]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 January 2002. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

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