- Diogo Valente
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Diogo Valente Personal information Full name Diogo Jorge Moreno Valente Date of birth September 23, 1984 Place of birth Aveiro, Portugal Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Playing position Winger Club information Current club Académica Number 23 Youth career 1998–1999 Beira-Mar 1999–2003 Boavista Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2004 → Chaves (loan) 27 (1) 2004–2006 Boavista 45 (6) 2006–2009 Porto 1 (0) 2007 → Marítimo (loan) 5 (1) 2007–2009 → Leixões (loan) 46 (5) 2009–2011 Braga 8 (0) 2010–2011 → Académica (loan) 29 (2) 2011– Académica 6 (1) National team 2005–2007 Portugal U21 12 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Diogo Jorge Moreno Valente (born 23 September 1984 in Aveiro) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a left winger.
Club career
A product of Boavista FC's youth system, Valente made his professional debuts for the northerners in 2004–05, and quickly established himself as first-choice in winger positions, as Boavista achieved two consecutive sixth places in the first division. Previously, he served a one-year loan at Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, in the second level.
In July 2006, Valente signed for an undisclosed fee with league giants F.C. Porto but, in January 2007, after appearing just once (albeit in an important match, a 1–1 draw at Sporting Clube de Portugal), he was loaned to C.S. Marítimo,[1] where he scored in a 1–1 away draw against C.D. Aves.
Valente jumped the "loan train" again from 2007–09, this time at Leixões SC, in Matosinhos, which had returned to the top flight for the 2007–08 campaign. Alongside teammates Vieirinha and Paulo Machado, also loaned by Porto, he proved instrumental as the club retained its league status at the end of the first season.
On 1 July 2009, Valente was finally released by Porto, joining Sporting de Braga for an undisclosed fee. As the Minho side finished in a best-ever second position, he appeared rarely, sometimes not even making the list of 18.
Valente appeared regularly for Académica de Coimbra during the 2010–11 season, on loan. On 29 June 2011, he rescinded his contract with Braga, signing a one-year deal with the Students.[2]
References
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
Portugal squad – 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Bruno Vale • 2 Nélson • 3 Meireles • 4 Semedo • 5 Pedro Ribeiro • 6 Zé Castro • 7 Quaresma • 8 M.Fernandes • 9 H.Almeida • 10 Moutinho • 11 Valente • 12 Paulo Ribeiro • 13 Rolando • 14 Custódio • 15 Morais • 16 Amaro • 17 Varela • 18 Nani • 19 Vaz Tê • 20 Lourenço • 21 F.Oliveira • 22 D.Fernandes • Coach: A.Oliveira
Associação Académica de Coimbra – current squad 1 Peiser · 2 Dias · 3 Sissoko · 4 Ferreira · 5 Berger · 7 Morais · 8 Pape Sow · 9 Luís · 10 Adrien Silva · 12 Ricardo · 13 João Real · 15 Orlando · 17 Éder · 19 Rui Miguel · 20 Marinho · 21 Abdoulaye · 23 Valente · 24 Fábio Santos · 25 Sitoe · 26 Nivaldo · 41 Cédric · 50 Melo · 55 Cabral · 85 Gomes · 88 Júlio César · 99 Danilo · Manager: Emanuel
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football wingers
- Primeira Liga players
- Boavista F.C. players
- G.D. Chaves players
- F.C. Porto players
- C.S. Marítimo players
- Leixões S.C. players
- S.C. Braga players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra players
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
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