Diogo Cunha

Diogo Cunha
Personal information
Full name Nélson Diogo Freitas Cunha[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Valadares Gaia
Youth career
1996–2005 Vitória Guimarães
2001–2002 → Amigos Urgeses (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Lixa 14 (0)
2006 Avanca 1 (0)
2007 Olhanense 4 (0)
2007−2008 Mirandela 14 (1)
2009−2013 Feirense 107 (12)
2013−2015 Moreirense 45 (6)
2015−2016 Chaves 36 (2)
2016−2018 Famalicão 61 (3)
2018−2021 Lusitânia 76 (13)
2021 Berço 4 (0)
2021− Valadares Gaia 26 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:47, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Nélson Diogo Freitas Cunha (born 10 February 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Valadares Gaia FC as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Guimarães, Cunha was brought up at local Vitória SC, where he spent his entire formative spell save for a loan at neighbouring Amigos de Urgeses.[2] He started his senior career at F.C. Lixa in the third tier, reaching the professionals in the second part of the 2006–07 season with S.C. Olhanense but featuring rarely for the Segunda Liga club.

After one and a half years in the lower leagues with SC Mirandela, Cunha signed for C.D. Feirense in January 2009, helping them to promote to the Primeira Liga in 2011. He made his debut in the competition on 14 August of that year, starting in a 0–0 home draw against C.D. Nacional.[3] He scored his first goal the following 19 February, opening the 1–1 draw with Olhanense also at the Estádio Marcolino de Castro.[4]

Cunha moved to Moreirense F.C. in the summer of 2013,[5] earning promotion to the top flight in his debut campaign.[6] He subsequently renewed his contract for another year.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Diogo Cunha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Diogo Cunha: "Gostava de voltar ao Vitória mas não faço disso uma obsessão"" [Diogo Cunha: "I would like to return to Vitória but I do not make an obsession out of it"] (in Portuguese). Clube Desportivo Feirense Blogspot. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Feirense trava Nacional no quinto empate da primeira jornada" [Feirense stop Nacional in fifth draw of matchday one] (in Portuguese). TSF. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. ^ Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (19 February 2012). "Feirense-Olhanense, 1–1 (crónica)" [Feirense-Olhanense, 1–1 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Pires, Filipe Melo e Diogo Cunha são reforços" [Pires, Filipe Melo and Diogo Cunha are additions]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 June 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Moreirense conquista o título" [Moreirense win title]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Moreirense: Diogo Cunha renova contrato" [Moreirense: Diogo Cunha renews contract] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.