Diego Cardoso
{{short description|Brazilian footballer (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Portuguese name|Cardoso|Nogueira}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Diego Cardoso
| image = Diego Cardoso 2020.png
| caption = Diego Cardoso in 2020
| fullname = Diego Cardoso Nogueira
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
| height = {{height|m=1.75}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Valletta
| clubnumber = 93
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = São Paulo
| youthyears2 = 2007–2014 | youthclubs2 = Santos
| years1 = 2014–2019 | clubs1 = Santos | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2015 | clubs2 = → Bragantino (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = → Vila Nova (loan) | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2019 | clubs4 = → Guarani (loan) | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 11
| years5 = 2020 | clubs5 = Botafogo-SP | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2020 | clubs6 = Operário Ferroviário | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021 | clubs7 = São Caetano | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = Volta Redonda | caps8 = 3 | goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2021–2022 | clubs9 = Sampaio Corrêa | caps9 = 11 | goals9 = 0
| years10= 2022 | clubs10= XV Piracicaba | caps10= 8 | goals10= 1
| years11= 2022 | clubs11= Retrô | caps11= 8 | goals11= 0
| years12= 2022–2023 | clubs12= Confiança | caps12= 21 | goals12= 5
| years13= 2023– | clubs13= Valletta | caps13= 14 | goals13= 3
| nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Brazil U17 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 11 March 2024
| ntupdate =
}}
Diego Cardoso Nogueira (born 6 March 1994), known as Diego Cardoso, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Maltese Premier League club Valletta.
Career
=Santos=
Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Diego Cardoso joined Santos FC's youth setup in 2007, aged 12.{{cite web |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/sp/santos-e-regiao/noticia/2013/08/artilheiro-no-sub-20-diego-cardoso-diz-viver-melhor-momento-no-santos.html |title=Artilheiro no sub-20, Diego Cardoso diz viver melhor momento no Santos |trans-title=Under-20's top goalscorer, Diego Cardoso states living best moment at Santos |publisher=Globo Esporte |date=19 August 2013 |accessdate=27 January 2014 |language=Portuguese}} He soon earned plaudits for his performances with the under-20's, being the club's top goalscorer with nine goals.
On 21 January 2014 Diego Cardoso made his first-team debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 1-1 away draw against Audax.{{cite web|title=Santos joga mal, vê Audax o colocar na roda, mas arranca empate no fim|trans-title=Santos plays poorly, sees Audax routing, but gets a draw in the end|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/paulista-2014/21-01-2014/paec-santos.html|publisher=Globo Esporte|date=21 January 2014|accessdate=27 January 2014|language=Portuguese}} He scored his first goal on 9 March, the last of a 4–1 home routing over Oeste.{{cite web|title=Pelo alto, Santos goleia outra vez na Vila Belmiro e complica o Oeste|trans-title=From above, Santos thrashes again in Vila Belmiro and complicates Oeste|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/paulista-2014/09-03-2014/santos-oeste.html|publisher=Globo Esporte|date=9 March 2014|accessdate=9 March 2014|language=Portuguese}}
==Bragantino (loan)==
On 21 August 2015, after appearing rarely, Diego Cardoso was loaned to Bragantino until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.lancenet.com.br/minuto/Diego-Cardoso-emprestado-Santos-Bragantino_0_1416458414.html|title=Com um jogo no ano, Diego Cardoso é emprestado pelo Santos ao Bragantino|trans-title=With one game in the year, Diego Cardoso is loaned from Santos to Bragantino|publisher=Lance!|language=pt|date=21 August 2015|accessdate=7 September 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013132559/http://www.lancenet.com.br/minuto/Diego-Cardoso-emprestado-Santos-Bragantino_0_1416458414.html|archivedate=13 October 2015}}
==Vila Nova (loan)==
On 6 January of the following year he moved to fellow Série B team Vila Nova, in a one-year loan deal.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/santos/noticia/2016/01/santos-se-reapresenta-sem-leandro-damiao-atacante-sera-notificado.html|title=Santos se reapresenta sem Leandro Damião; atacante será notificado|trans-title=Santos returns to action without Leandro Damião; forward will be notified|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=6 January 2016|accessdate=7 January 2016}}
==Guarani (loan)==
After two years playing in Santos B, on 7 January 2019, Diego Cardoso was loaned to Guarani until the end of the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.futebolinterior.com.br/futebol/Guarani-SP/noticias/2019-01/guarani-contrata-william-matheus-thalisson-kelvin-e-diego-cardoso|title=Paulistão: Guarani contrata William Matheus, Thalisson Kelvin e Diego Cardoso|trans-title=Paulistão: Guarani sign William Matheus, Thalisson Kelvin and Diego Cardoso|publisher=Futebol Interior|language=pt-BR|date=7 January 2019|accessdate=11 January 2019}} A regular starter during the Campeonato Paulista, he lost his starting spot in the Série B.
=Botafogo-SP=
On 31 December 2019, Diego Cardoso signed a one-year contract with Botafogo-SP, after his deal with Santos expired.{{cite web|url=https://botafogofutebolsa.com.br/atacante-diego-cardoso-e-o-novo-reforco-do-botafogo/|title=Botafogo acerta a contratação do atacante Diego Cardoso|trans-title=Botafogo sign forward Diego Cardoso|publisher=Botafogo FC|language=pt-BR|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=2 January 2020}}
=Valletta=
On 24 July 2023, Valletta from Malta, announced the signing of Diego Cardoso.{{cite web|url=https://www.vallettafc.net/2023/valletta-fc-sign-diego-cardoso/|title=Valletta FC sign Diego Cardoso|publisher=Valletta FC|date=1 August 2023|access-date=1 October 2023}}
Career statistics
{{updated|4 March 2021}}{{Soccerway|diego-cardoso-nogueira/180823|accessdate=13 October 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|State League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6" valign="center"|Santos
|2014 |rowspan="5"|Série A |6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 4 | |||
| 2015
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista | 4 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2017
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 10 | 19 | 10 | ||||
| 2018
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Subtotal
!6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 18 | 54 | 22 | ||
| valign="center"|Bragantino (loan)
|2015 |4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||||
| valign="center"|Vila Nova (loan)
|2016 |Série B |0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3Appearance(s) in Copa Verde | 1 | 14 | 2 | |||
| valign="center"|Guarani (loan)
|2019 |Série B |18 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 11 | |||
| valign="center"|Botafogo-SP
|2020 |Série B |0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 1 | |||
| valign="center"|Operário Ferroviário
|2020 |Série B |14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | |||||
| valign="center"|São Caetano
|2021 |colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!42 | 6 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 19 | 127 | 36 |
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Honours
=Club=
;Santos
- Copa do Brasil Sub-20: 2013
- Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior: 2013, 2014
=Country=
;Brazil U17
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.santosfc.com.br/elenco/diego-cardoso/ Santos FC profile] {{in lang|pt}}
{{Valletta F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardoso, Diego}}
Category:Footballers from Ribeirão Preto
Category:Brazilian men's footballers
Category:Brazil men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Category:Maltese Premier League players
Category:Clube Atlético Bragantino players
Category:Vila Nova Futebol Clube players
Category:Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players
Category:Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube players
Category:São Caetano Futebol players
Category:Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players
Category:Valletta F.C. players
Category:Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malta