Diogo Sousa (footballer, born 1998)

Diogo Fesnard Nogueira de Sousa (born 16 September 1998) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sporting CP.

Diogo Sousa
Personal information
Full name Diogo Fesnard Nogueira de Sousa
Date of birth (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998
Place of birth Albufeira, Portugal
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 99
Youth career
2007–2012 Ferreiras
2012–2013 Imortal
2013–2014 CAC
2014–2017 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Sporting CP B 2 (0)
2019– Sporting CP 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2018

Football career

Born in Albufeira on the Algarve, Sousa joined Sporting CP's academy in 2014. On 6 May 2018, he made his professional debut with the reserve team in a 1–0 LigaPro win away to Vitória S.C. B.[1] The reserve team was then dissolved and reconstituted as an under-23 team, and he signed a new three-year contract in May 2019.[2]

Sousa had his initial call-up to Sporting's first team for the UEFA Europa League group game at home to PSV Eindhoven on 28 November 2019, remaining an unused substitute as fellow academy player Luís Maximiano was fielded.[3]

References
  1. "Sporting B regressa aos triunfos em Guimarães" [Sporting B return to winning ways in Guimarães]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. "Diogo Sousa renova até 2022" [Diogo Sousa renews until 2022]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. "A lista de convocados do Sporting para o jogo com o PSV Eindhoven" [Sporting's squad list for the game with PSV Eindhoven]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2020.


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