Diego Souza

Diego de Souza Andrade (born 17 June 1985), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian Serie A club Gremio.

In a journeyman career, he played for ten clubs in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, including nine of the Big Twelve, having began at Fluminense in 2003. He also played for Sport Recife, where he was Serie A top scorer in 2016.

Souza also had brief spells in Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine. He earned seven caps for Brazil from his debut in 2009, scoring twice.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Souza began playing club football for Fluminense in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A. In May 2005, he signed a five-year deal with Portugal's Benfica. That July he was loaned to Fluminense's rivals Flamengo – the club he supported as a child – until May 2006, with his wages to be split between Benfica and Flamengo.

Souza was loaned for the year 2007 to Gremio. In May that year, Benfica set a fee of €4 million (R$11 million) if the move were to be made permanent. In that year's Copa Libertadores, he scored in wins over compatriots Sao Paulo (quarter-final) and Santos (semi-final) as his team finished runners-up.

Palmeiras

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.

On 18 April 2009, he received a red card after an argument with Domingos during the state semi finals match against Santos. He later took Domingos down after coming back to the field.

Atletico Mineiro

On 30 Jun

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