Diogo Mateus (footballer)

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

Diogo Mateus

Personal information
Full name	Diogo Mateus de Almeida Maciel
Date of birth	(1993-02-13) February 13, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Guarani
Number	13
Youth career
2009–2013	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Internacional	10	(0)
2012–2013	→ Porto B (loan)	12	(0)
2013–2014	→ Portimonense (loan)	1	(0)
2015–2017	Vitória	44	(2)
2016	→ Ponte Preta (loan)	0	(0)
2017	Criciúma	25	(1)
2018–2021	Ferroviária	29	(2)
2018	→ CRB (loan)	27	(0)
2019	→ Coritiba (loan)	29	(0)
2020	→ Kawasaki Frontale (loan)	3	(0)
2021–	Guarani	86	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2020

Diogo Mateus de Almeida Maciel (born February 13, 1993) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a right back for Guarani.

Career

Diogo Mateus came through the youth ranks with Internacional.[1] During the 2012–13 seasons, whilst with the Under-23 side, he had a loan spell with Porto B, making his senior debut on 18 August 2012 against União Madeira.[2] He stayed in Portugal with Portimonense, signing a loan deal for the 2013–14 season, however this was not a success, and he played in only one game before returning to Brazil prematurely in December.[3]

In 2014 he was made part of the squad for 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, and made his top-flight debut against Botafogo on 27 April.[4] In May 2015 he joined Vitória on loan.[5] He became first choice in his position as the team won promotion from 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[6] He was unable to agree a deal beyond the end of his loan spell with the club, and signed instead for Ponte Preta in March 2016.[6][7] However, he could not break into the first team, and by August 2016 he had returned to Vitória, on loan until the end of the season.[7] He returned to Ponte Preta, but was not registered for the 2017 edition of Campeonato Paulista, and in February he signed for Criciúma, with a desire to achieve another promotion from Série B.[8]

In December 2017 he signed for Ferroviária for 2018 Campeonato Paulista.[9] At the end of the campaign he renewed his contract with the club, but was not registered for their Série D campaign, being loaned instead to CRB in April for their 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B campaign.[10][11] In April 2019, after spending the 2019 Campeonato Paulista campaign with Ferroviária, he signed another loan agreement with Coritiba.[1]

Career statistics

As of 10 October 2020

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Porto B (loan)	2012–13	Segunda Liga	15	0	—		—		—		—		15	0
Portimonense (loan)	2013–14	Segunda Liga	1[a]	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Internacional	2014	Série A	7	0	2	0	1	0	—		—		10	0
Vitória (loan)	2015	Série B	29	2	—		1	0	—		—		30	2
Vitória (loan)	2016	Série A	15	0	—		—		2[b]	0	—		17	0
Criciúma	2017	Série B	25	1	9	0	2	0	—		1[c]	0	37	1
Ferroviária	2018	Paulista	—		7	1	—		—		—		7	1
	2019	Paulista	—		13	1	—		—		—		13	1
	Total		—		20	2	—		—		—		20	2
CRB (loan)	2018	Série B	23	0	—		0	0	—		4[d]	0	27	0
Coritiba (loan)	2019	Série B	7	0	—		—		—		—		7	0
Kawasaki Frontale (loan)	2020	J1 League	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
Career total			125	3	31	2	4	0	2	0	5	0	167	5

1. Reliable sources differ on this Portimonense appearance. Soccerway does not show it, but it is cited in the section above. Sources which Wikipedia does not see as reliable, such as Transfermarkt, suggest it may have been the game against Covilhã on 6 April 2014.
2. Appearances in 2016 Copa Sudamericana.
3. Appearance in 2017 Primeira Liga.
4. 2 appearances in 2018 Copa do Nordeste and 2 appearances in 2019 Pré-Copa do Nordeste.

Honours

Club

• J1 League: 2020

References

1. "Coritiba apresenta lateral-direito Diogo Mateus e atacante Lucas Tocantins, reforços para a Série B" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 18 April 2019.
2. "Porto II vs. União Madeira - 18 August 2012". Soccerway.
3. "Diogo Mateus – lateral direito – Vitória" (in Portuguese). futebolplanejado.com. 24 August 2015.
4. "Botafogo 2x2 Internacional" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 April 2014.
5. "Lateral-direito Diogo Mateus é o novo reforço do Vitória para a temporada" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 6 May 2015.
6. "Ponte abre ciclo para o Brasileiro com chegada de ex-lateral de Inter e Porto" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 14 March 2016.
7. "Reforço na lateral: Mancini confirma retorno de Diogo Mateus ao Vitória" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 7 August 2016.
8. "Diogo Mateus chega ao Criciúma com desejo de repetir 2015 e subir à elite" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 February 2017.
9. "Ferroviária confirma contratações de goleiro e lateral para o Paulistão" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 December 2017.
10. "Assédio de clubes atinge até jogadores da Ferroviária que renovaram o vínculo" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 March 2018.
11. "CRB vasculha o futebol paulista e contrata Diogo Mateus e Lucas Siqueira" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 April 2018.

External links

• Diogo Mateus at Soccerway
• Diogo Mateus at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)