Diego (footballer, born 1982)

Diego
	Diego in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Diego Salgado Costa de Menezes
Date of birth	2 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1996–2001	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2009	Flamengo
2009	Madureira
2009	→ Flamengo (loan)
2009	Flamengo
2010–2011	Ceará
2012	Boavista
2012–2015	Avaí
2013	→ Mirassol (loan)
2016–2017	Santo André
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:10, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Diego Salgado Costa de Menezes, or simply Diego (born 2 February 1982), is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Diego made his professional debut for Flamengo against Atlético Paranaense in a 3–2 home victory on 11 September 2002 in the Brazilian Série A.

In January 2009, he signed with Madureira, and right after loaned back to Flamengo. On 10 July 2009 he left Madureira signing once again with Flamengo.

In January 2010, Diego signed for Ceará.

Career statistics

(Correct as of 29 August 2010^[update])

Club	Season	State League		Brazilian Série A		Copa do Brasil		Copa Libertadores		Copa Sudamericana		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	2002	9	0	10	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	19	0
	2003	2	0	11	0	2	0	-	-	1	0	16	0
	2004	2	0	15	0	1	0	-	-	0	0	18	0
	2005	14	0	42	0	5	0	-	-	-	-	61	0
	2006	9	0	20	0	12	0	-	-	-	-	41	0
	2007	2	0	2	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	4	0
	2008	2	0	1	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	3	0
Flamengo (loan)	2009	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	3	0
Flamengo	2009	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	1	0
Total		43	0	102	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	166	0
Ceará	2010	-	-	17	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	18	0
Total		0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Career total		43	0	119	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	184	0