Diego Medeiros

Brazilian footballer (born 1993)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Siqueira and the second or paternal family name is Medeiros.

Diego MedeirosPersonal information

Full name|  Diego Luiz de Siqueira Medeiros
Date of birth|  (1993-03-28) 28 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth|  Lorena, Brazil
Height|  1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)|  Left winger[2]
Team information

Current team

|  Sporting da Covilhã
Number|  10
Youth career
|  Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2011–2012|  Vasco da Gama|  0|  (0)
2011–2012|  → Audax (loan)|  0|  (0)
2012–2013|  Audax|  0|  (0)
2013–2014|  Ribeirão|  16|  (3)
2014|  Rio Ave|  0|  (0)
2014|  → Santa Clara (loan)|  5|  (0)
2014–2017|  Famalicão|  89|  (10)
2017–2019|  Paços de Ferreira|  24|  (0)
2018|  → Nacional (loan)|  11|  (1)
2019|  → Sporting da Covilhã (loan)|  18|  (2)
2019–2020|  Mafra|  16|  (4)
2020–2021|  Casa Pia|  19|  (2)
2021–|  Sporting da Covilhã|  4|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2021

Diego Luiz de Siqueira Medeiros (born 28 March 1993)[3] is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Portuguese club Sporting da Covilhã.[1]

## Career

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Medeiros began his career in Brazil with Vasco da Gama, where he was loaned to Audax before subsequently joining Audax permanently.[1][4] In 2013, he signed for Portuguese club Ribeirão, making 16 appearances and scoring 3 goals in the 2013–14 Campeonato de Portugal.[1] In January 2014, he joined Primeira Liga team Rio Ave but was immediately loaned out to Santa Clara.[5] He played five times for Santa Clara before returning to Rio Ave.[1] On 1 July 2014, Medeiros moved to Campeonato de Portugal club Famalicão.[5] He made his Famalicão debut on 24 August in a league match against Felgueiras 1932.[1]

Mederios went onto make 89 league appearances across three seasons for Famalicão.[1] On 31 January 2017, he joined Primeira Liga side Paços de Ferreira.[6] His first appearance for Paços arrived four days later when he came on as a second-half substitute in a Primeira Liga fixture with Vitória Guimarães.[1] On 9 January 2018, he was loaned out to Nacional of LigaPro.[7] His bow came on 11 days later versus Benfica B, prior to scoring his first goal on 4 February against ex-team Famalicão.[1] He returned to his parent club midway through the year, before leaving on loan in January 2019 to fellow LigaPro team Covilhã.[8][9]

On 15 July 2019, Medeiros headed off across LigaPro to Mafra.[10] He netted on debut in the Taça da Liga versus Oliveirense, who eliminated Mafra from the competition.[1] In total, the winger made nineteen appearances and scored seven goals; spread across three competitions.[1] September 2020 saw Medeiros join Casa Pia.[11]

## Career statistics

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As of 17 December 2020.[1]
Club statistics  Club  | Season  | League  | Cup  | League Cup  | Continental  | Other  | Total

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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Vasco da Gama | 2011 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Audax (loan)  | 2011 | Paulista Série A2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Audax | 2012 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0
Total  | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0
Ribeirão | 2013–14 | Campeonato de Portugal | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3
Rio Ave | 2013–14 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Santa Clara (loan)  | 2013–14 | LigaPro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0
Famalicão | 2014–15 | Campeonato de Portugal | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3
2015–16 | LigaPro | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0
2016–17 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7
Total  | 89 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 96 | 10
Paços de Ferreira | 2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0
2017–18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1
2018–19 | LigaPro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Total  | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1
Nacional (loan)  | 2017–18 | LigaPro | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1
Covilhã (loan)  | 2018–19 | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2
Mafra | 2019–20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7
Casa Pia | 2020–21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0
Career total  | 182 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 203 | 24

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Diego Medeiros at Soccerway
2. ^ "Diego Medeiros". World Football. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
3. ^ "Diego Medeiros :: Diego Luiz de Siqueira Medeiros :: SC Covilhã". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. ^ "Vasco acerta empréstimo de meia revelação da Série A2". Placar Futebol Interior. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
5. ^ a b "Diego Medeiros renova com o FC Famalicão". F.C. Famalicão. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
6. ^ "Reforços". F.C. Paços de Ferreira. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
7. ^ "Diego Medeiros até final da temporada". C.D. Nacional. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
8. ^ "Diego Medeiros cedido ao Sporting da Covilhã pelo Paços de Ferreira". Diário de Notícias. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
9. ^ "Medeiros reforça SC Covilhã". Covilhã. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
10. ^ "Mafra contrata Diego Medeiros". Record. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
11. ^ "Diego Medeiros é reforço do Casa Pia". Record. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

## External links

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* Diego Medeiros at Soccerway

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals