Age |
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39 years |
Birth date |
June 17, 1985 |
Zodiac sign |
Gemini |
Place of Birth |
Brazil |
Occupation |
Soccer player |
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Diego de Souza Andrade (born 17 June 1985), known as Diego Souza, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Botafogo on loan from São Paulo FC as an attacking midfielder or a forward.
Diego Souza began playing club football for Fluminense in the Brazilian League where he quickly impressed and earned a move to Europe.
Benfica signed him from Fluminense and loaned to Flamengo. He returned to Benfica in 2006–07 Primeira Liga but only appeared on 19 September 2006 as unused bench. In 2007, he went on loan to Grêmio. He was influential at Grêmio scoring a handful of goals most notably a set-piece against Santos FC as they made the Copa Libertadores final losing out to Boca Juniors.
In 2008, he moved to Palmeiras (and partner) for €3.75M total fee. He signed a contract until December 2011. Co-currently, along with Lenny, Fluminense transferred its shares on both players' economic rights to Desportivo Brasil (owned by Traffic Group) as part of the deal, made Fluminense gained a profit of R$ 1,320 thousand and R$1,500 thousand respectively. Both players were signed by Palmeiras as part of R$40 million partnership with Traffic, which Palmeiras only owned 10~20% of the rights of Diego.
Height | 6 ft 1 in / 186 cm |
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Weight | 196 lb / 89 kg |
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Hair Color | Black |
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Eye Color | Dark brown |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Race / ethnicity | Latino |