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Diogo Rangel
Personal information
Full name	Diogo Santos Rangel
Date of birth	19 August 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Boa Esporte
Youth career
2004–2007	Clube Pequeninos do Jockey
2007–2010	Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010	Vasco da Gama
2011	Palmeiras
2012	Karketu Dili
2012–2013	Sriwijaya
2013	→ Gresik United (loan)
2014	Daejeon Citizen
2014	Gangwon FC
2015	Osotspa
2015	Bragantino
2016	Songkhla United
2017	Botafogo-PB
2017	São Caetano
2018	Anapolina
2018	Boavista Timor Leste
2018–2019	Zaria Bălți
2019	Sampaio Corrêa
2019–2020	Lee Man
2021–	Toledo
2019–2020	Lee Man
2022-2023	Boavista
2023	Novo Hamburgo
2024	Inter de Lages
International career‡
2012	Timor-Leste U-21
2011–2014	Timor-Leste U-23
2012–2016	Timor-Leste
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2016

Diogo Santos Rangel (born 19 August 1991) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for club Boa Esporte Clube. Although he played for the Timor-Leste national team

Club careers

Dili United

After he defended the Timor Leste U-23 in the arena Southeast Asian Games he joined a local club in Dili, Timor Leste, namely Dili United.

Sriwijaya Football Club

After undergoing selection for two weeks with Sriwijaya, Diogo got a contract offer from the club's management. On 8 November 2012 Diogo agreed to sign a three-year contract with Sriwijaya.^[2] He scored his first goal for Sriwijaya against Persisam Putra Samarinda, but his goal could not help his team from losing 2–4.

Gresik United

In May 2013 Diogo loaned to Gresik United from the Sriwijaya for 5-month until the end of season.

Daejeon Citizen

In March 2014 Diogo join Daejeon Citizen.^[3]

Lee Man

On 19 July 2019, Diogo signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man.^[4] On 21 January 2020, his contract was terminated.^[5]

International career

Despite having no links with East Timor, Diogo had been naturalised and played for the country at three different levels between 2011 and 2016.

He began his international career as a Timor Leste U-23 that in preparing for the Southeast Asian Games in November 2011. Diogo made his debut as a national team U-23 as warm-up match against Indonesia U-23 on 25 October 2011, which ended in defeat 0–5.^[6] After that he played in 5 games and scored 1 goal in the event the Southeast Asian Games. In February 2012 he summons national team U-21 to compete in the arena 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, in the event he scored 1 goal in 4 games. In July 2012 was recalled to the national team U-23 that competed in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification. In this tournament he played 5 times and scored one goal.

On 5 October 2012 he made his debut as a Timor Leste national football team in the match against Cambodia in the event the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification which ended with a 5–1 win.^[7]^[8] Until now Diogo has played in four games for the national team.^[9]

Honours

Club honors

Sriwijaya

Indonesian Inter Island Cup (1): 2012

Daejeon Citizen

K League Challenge (2): 2014

AA São Caetano

Campeão Paulista A2 (3): 2017

AA Anapolina

Acesso ao Campeonato Brasileiro (4): 2018

Melhor Defensor dos ultimos tempos, INDONESIA LEAGUE

References

^ Match Report Archived 25 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine CBF (in Portuguese)
^ Fitriansyah, Hensyi. "Sriwijaya FC Kontrak Diogo Santos Selama Tiga Tahun". [goal.com]. Goal.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
^ "Diogo Santos Rangel (디오고)". [kleague.com]. K League. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^ Yung, Yat Fu. "理文新球季引入3大經驗老將實行「以老帶新」聯賽站穩陣腳". Upower. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2019. (in Chinese)
^ "理文增兵應付銀牌決賽葡萄牙守將賓希路加盟". Upower (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ Dennys, Ferril. "Babak I, Indonesia Hajar Timor Leste 4–0". [kompas.com]. Kompas. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^ "Cambodia 1 Timor Leste 5". [affsuzukucup.com]. ASEAN Football Federation. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
^ "The match summary". affsuzukicup.com. ASEAN Football Federation. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
^ Diogo Rangel at National-Football-Teams.com