Diogo Cunha

Diogo Cunha
Personal information
Full name Nélson Diogo Freitas Cunha
Date of birth (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chaves
Number 7
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 109 (12)
2013−2015 Moreirense 45 (7)
2015− Chaves 32 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 April 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Nélson Diogo Freitas Cunha (born 10 February 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for G.D. Chaves as a midfielder.

Football 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 GDR Amigos de Urgeses.[1] 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 with C.D. Feirense in January 2009, helping them 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.[2]

Cunha moved to Moreirense F.C. in the 2013 summer,[3] earning promotion to the top flight in his debut campaign[4] and subsequently renewing his contract for another year.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Feirense e Nacional dão-nos o quinto empate" [Feirense and Nacional hand out fifth draw] (in Portuguese). Zerozero. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Pires, Filipe Melo e Diogo Cunha são reforços" [Pires, Filipe Melo and Diogo Cunha are additions] (in Portuguese). Record. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Moreirense conquista o título" [Moreirense wins title] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Moreirense: Diogo Cunha renova contrato" [Moreirense: Diogo Cunha renews contract] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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