Dhiego Martins

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

Dhiego Martins

Personal information
Full name	Dhiego de Souza Martins
Date of birth	(1988-08-27) 27 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Campo Mourão, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker, Second striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009	Campo Mourão
2010	Grêmio Maringá
2010	Taquaritinga	9	(0)
2011	Operário PR	13	(3)
2011–2014	South China	52	(20)
2014–2015	Skënderbeu Korçë	29	(7)
2015	Inter Baku	15	(5)
2016–2017	Pegasus	19	(4)
2017–2018	Tai Po	15	(4)
2018–2020	Southern	20	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2020

Dhiego de Souza Martins (Chinese: 迪亞高 born 27 August 1988 in Brazil), simply known as Dhiego, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

South China

On 29 December 2011, South China announced that Dhiego Martins, alongside João Emir and Yeo Jee-hoon, had joined the club.[1] He made his debut for South China on 4 February 2012 at Mong Kok Stadium, scoring two goals to help the team secure a 4–2 win over Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei.[2]

Skënderbeu Korçë

In August 2014, Martins accepted a transfer move to the reigning Albanian champions, Skënderbeu Korçë.

Tai Po

In June 2017, Dhiego Martins was released by Pegasus and later signed with Tai Po.[3]

Southern

On 26 May 2018, Dhiego Martin moved to fellow HKPL club Southern.[4] On 1 June 2019, Southern announced that his contract would be renewed for a further season.[5]

On 19 April 2020, due to circumstances brought on by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Southern bought out the remainder of Dhiego Martins' contract.[6]

Career statistics

As of 21 December 2015[7]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South China	2011–12	Hong Kong First Division League	7	5	1	0	0	0	—		1	0	9	5
	2012–13		13	6	4	1	—		—		1	0	18	7
	2013–14		17	6	2	0	—		—		5	2	24	8
	Total		37	17	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	2	51	20
Skënderbeu Korçë	2014–15	Albanian Superliga	29	7	5	4	—		—		—		34	11
Inter Baku	2015–16	Azerbaijan Premier League	15	5	0	0	—		3	1	—		18	6
Career total			81	29	12	5	0	0	3	1	7	2	103	37

References

1. "省港盃首回合2:2". Steven Lo's Blog. 29 December 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012.
2. "新援迪亞高建功 南華4：2挫晨曦". Ming Pao. 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
3. Offside.hk. "TRANSFER: Brazilian players Eduardo Praes and Dhiego Martins (both #PegasusFC) will join Tai Po next season". Twitter. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
4. "南區再簽一將 大埔前鋒迪亞高來投". on.cc. Retrieved 26 May 2018. (in Chinese)
5. "巴西三將留隊". Facebook. KC.Southern District Football Club. Retrieved 1 June 2019. (in Chinese)
6. Tsang, Ngan Ping. "贊助縮皮外援離隊 南區減薪三成續戰港超". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020. (in Chinese)
7. "Brazil - Dhiego Martins - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

External links

• Dhiego Martins at Soccerway