Diego Maurício

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Diego Maurício
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Maurício with Flamengo in 2010
Personal information
Full name Diego Maurício Machado de Brito
Date of birth (1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Mumbai City
Number 33
Youth career
2006–2010 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Flamengo 55 (6)
2012–2013 Alania Vladikavkaz 12 (0)
2013 → Sport Recife (loan) 5 (0)
2014–2015 Vitória F.C. 4 (0)
2015–2018 Bragantino 13 (2)
2015 → Al-Qadisiyah FC (loan) 5 (0)
2016 → Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (loan) 25 (4)
2017–2018 → Gangwon FC (loan) 71 (20)
2019 Busan IPark 21 (6)
2020 CSA 1 (0)
2020–2021 Odisha 20 (12)
2022 Mumbai City 7 (3)
National team‡
2011 Brazil U-20 11 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:27, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:13, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Diego Maurício Machado de Brito (born 25 June 1991), simply known as Diego Maurício, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League Club Mumbai City.

Career[]

After working in the club's youth team with coach Rogério Lourenço for several years, in 2010 he got promoted to the professional team by the same coach. He debuted for Flamengo on May 23, 2010 in a 3-1 win against Grêmio Prudente, at Maracanã Stadium, as a substitute and suffered a penalty in the final minutes. It is considered a great promise of the club, a player with good physical size and skill, many fans compare Maurício to Didier Drogba, calling him Drogbinha, which means the Little Drogba.[1]

Diego scored his first professional goal on July 21, 2010 in a 1-1 draw against Avaí, at Maracanã Stadium.[2][3]

Flamengo's president, Patricia Amorim, declined a €6 million offer from Shaktar Donetsk for the player in May 2011.[4]

On August 14, 2012 Russian club Alania Vladikavkaz signed Diego Maurício from Flamengo for €2,8 million.[5] After A loan spell back at Brazil, he signed for top division Portuguese club Vitória F.C. in July 2014.

Before 2016 season opening, he joined to Ratchaburi F.C. in Thai Premier League, by trained with the club for about one month, but has moved away without cause.[6]

On 31 August 2020, Indian Super League outfit Odisha FC announced him as their striker ahead of the seventh edition of the Indian top tier league.[7] He scored a total of 12 goals in 20 matches as Odisha finished on bottom of the league table.

On 21 January 2022, Indian Super League club Mumbai City announced the signing of Maurício as a replacement for Ygor Catatau for a short-term deal.[8]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 26 February 2022[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flamengo 2010 Série A 29 5 – – – 29 5
2011 20 1 4 1 2[a] 0 9[b] 1 35 3
2012 5 0 – – 7[b] 0 12 0
Alania Vladikavkaz 2012–13 RPL 12 0 1 0 – – 13 0
Sport Recife (loan) 2013 Série B 5 0 – 1[a] 0 – 6 0
Vitória F.C. 2014–15 Primeira Liga 4 0 1 0 – – 5 0
Bragantino 2015 Série B 13 2 2 0 – 13[c] 4 28 6
Al-Qadisiyah FC (loan) 2015–16 Saudi First Division 5 0 – – – 5 0
Shijiazhuang
Ever Bright (loan) 		2016 CSL 25 4 – – – 25 4
Gangwon FC (loan) 2017 K League 1 36 13 1 0 – – 37 13
2018 35 7 – – – 35 7
Busan IPark 2019 K League 2 21 6 1 0 – 2[d] 0 24 6
CSA 2020 Série B 1 0 1 0 – 9[e] 0 11 0
Odisha 2020–21 Indian Super League 20 12 – – – 20 12
Mumbai City 2021–22 5 2 – – – 5 2
Career total 226 45 11 0 3 0 40 5 280 50
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paulista.
  4. ^ Appearance(s) Promotion-relegation playoffs.
  5. ^ Four appearances in Campeonato Alagoano, five appearances in Copa do Nordeste.

Honours[]

Club[]

Flamengo

International[]

Brazil U-20

  • South American Youth Championship: 2011

References[]

  1. ^ Menos de 4 mil pagam para ver Fla vencer o Prudente no Maracanã (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. May 23, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  2. ^ Flamengo empata em 1 a 1 com o Avaí no Maracanã[permanent dead link] (in Portuguese). July 21, 2010. Flamengo.com.br. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  3. ^ Flamengo sai na frente, cochila, e Avaí arranca empate no Maracanã (in Portuguese). July 21, 2010. Globoesporte.com. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  4. ^ Flamengo recusa oferta de R$ 11,5 milhões por Diego Maurício (in Portuguese). May 12, 2011. Globoesporte.com. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  5. ^ Fla negocia Diego Maurício para Rússia: 'Sai muito feliz', diz empresário (in Portuguese). August 14, 2012. Globoesporte.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  6. ^ Chanapinijwong, Jedsada (5 July 2016). "THE INVISIBLE : 10 แข้งต่างชาติที่ไร้ตัวตนในไทยลีก" (in Thai). footballchannelasia. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Odisha FC signs Brazilian striker Diego Mauricio". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  8. ^ Ra, Anantaajith (21 January 2022). "Mumbai City FC announce signing of Diego Mauricio on loan deal". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  9. ^ Diego Maurício at Soccerway

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