Diego (footballer, born 1985)

Diego Ribas da Cunha (born 28 February 1985) is a Brazilian football player. He plays for Juventus.

Diego

Personal information
Full name	Diego Ribas da Cunha[1]
Date of birth	(1985-02-28) 28 February 1985 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1996–2001	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Santos	86	(24)
2004–2006	Porto	48	(4)
2006–2009	Werder Bremen	84	(38)
2009–2010	Juventus	33	(5)
2010–2014	VfL Wolfsburg	76	(19)
2011–2012	→ Atlético Madrid (loan)	30	(3)
2014	Atlético Madrid	13	(1)
2014–2016	Fenerbahçe	53	(5)
2016–2022	Flamengo	204	(37)
Total		627	(136)
International career‡
2001	Brazil U17	3	(0)
2004–2008	Brazil U23	15	(7)
2003–2017	Brazil	34	(4)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Brazil Copa América Winner 2004 Peru Winner 2007 Venezuela CONCACAF Gold Cup Runner-up 2003 Mexico–United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:16, 12 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2017

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 November 2021^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State league[a]		National cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Santos	2002	Série A	28	10	—		3	1	—		11[c]	2	42	13
	2003		33	9	6	1	—		18[d]	4	—		57	14
	2004		9	4	10	0	—		9[e]	4	—		28	8
	Total		70	23	16	1	3	1	27	8	11	2	127	35
Porto	2004–05	Primeira Liga	30	3	—		1	0	6[f]	1	2	0	39	4
	2005–06		18	1	—		2	1	4[f]	1	—		24	3
	Total		48	4	—		3	1	10	2	2	0	63	7
Werder Bremen	2006–07	Bundesliga	33	13	—		3	0	14	2	—		50	15
	2007–08		30	13	—		3	1	10[g]	4	—		43	18
	2008–09		21	12	—		5	2	13[h]	7	—		39	21
	Total		84	38	—		11	3	37	13	—		132	54
Juventus	2009–10	Serie A	33	5	—		2	2	9[i]	0	—		44	7
	2010–11		0	0	—		0	0	3[j]	0	—		3	0
	Total		33	5	—		2	2	12	0	—		47	7
VfL Wolfsburg	2010–11	Bundesliga	30	6	—		2	0	—		—		32	6
	2012–13		32	10	—		5	3	—		—		37	13
	2013–14		15	3	—		3	2	—		—		18	5
	Total		77	19	—		10	5	—		—		87	24
Atlético Madrid (loan)	2011–12	La Liga	30	3	—		1	0	12[j]	3	—		43	6
Atlético Madrid	2013–14	La Liga	13	1	—		2	0	4[f]	1	—		19	2
Fenerbahçe	2014–15	Süper Lig	25	3	—		5	2	—		—		30	5
	2015–16		28	2	—		7	1	10[k]	0	—		45	3
	Total		53	5	—		12	3	10	0	—		75	8
Flamengo	2016	Série A	17	6	—		0	0	1[l]	0	—		18	6
	2017		27	10	8	4	6	1	11[m]	3	1[n]	0	53	18
	2018		26	6	9	2	2	0	7[e]	0	—		44	8
	2019		16	1	12	3	4	0	9[e]	1	2[o]	0	43	5
	2020		26	1	13	1	0	0	6[e]	0	2[p]	0	47	2
	2021		19	0	7	1	6	0	9[e]	0	1[q]	0	42	1
	2022		19	1	5	1	5	0	6[e]	0	1[q]	0	36	2
	Total		150	25	54	12	23	1	49	4	7	0	283	42
Career total			555	123	70	13	67	16	161	31	20	2	873	185

1. Includes Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Carioca
2. Includes Copa do Brasil, Taça de Portugal, DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey, Turkish Cup
3. Appearances in Torneio Rio – São Paulo
4. Fourteen appearances and four appearances in Copa Libertadores, four appearances in Copa Sudamericana
5. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
8. Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and six goals in UEFA Europa League
9. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
10. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
11. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
12. Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
13. Three appearances and two goals in Copa Libertadores, eight appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana
14. Appearance in Primeira Liga
15. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
16. One appearance in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance in Supercopa do Brasil
17. Appearance in Supercopa do Brasil

International

As of 25 January 2017^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2003	7	2
	2004	5	0
	2006	1	0
	2007	12	1
	2008	8	1
	2017	1	0
Total		34	4

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diego goal.

List of international goals scored by Diego

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 July 2003	Mexico City, Mexico	Honduras	2–1	2–1	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2	23 July 2003	Miami, United States	United States	2–1	2–1	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3	1 June 2007	London, England	England	1–1	1–1	Friendly
4	31 May 2008	Seattle, United States	Canada	1–0	3–2	Friendly

U-23 & Olympics

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 August 2003	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	3–0	5–0	2003 Pan American Games
2.	7 January 2004	Concepción, Chile	Venezuela	1–0	4–0	2004 Olympic Games qualification
3.	9 January 2004	Concepción, Chile	Paraguay	1–0	3–0	2004 Olympic Games qualification
4.	23 January 2004	Viña del Mar, Chile	Chile	3–1	3–1	2004 Olympic Games qualification
5.	28 July 2008	Singapore	Singapore	1–0	3–0	Friendly
6.	13 August 2008	Qinhuangdao, China PR	China	1–0	3–0	2008 Olympic Games
7.	22 August 2008	Shanghai, China PR	Belgium	1–0	3–0	2008 Olympic Games

Honours

Santos^[2]

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2002

Porto^[2]

• Primeira Liga: 2005–06
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2004
• Intercontinental Cup: 2004

Werder Bremen^[2]

• DFB-Pokal: 2008–09
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2006

Atlético Madrid^[2]

• La Liga: 2013–14
• UEFA Europa League: 2011–12
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2013–14

Flamengo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2019, 2020
• Copa do Brasil: 2022
• Supercopa do Brasil: 2020, 2021^[8]
• Copa Libertadores: 2019,^[9] 2022^[10]
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2020^[11]
• Campeonato Carioca: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

Brazil U23^[2]

• Olympic Bronze Medalist: 2008

Brazil

• Copa América: 2004, 2007
• CONCACAF Gold Cup runner-up: 2003

Individual

• Goal of the Year (Germany): 2007^[12]
• VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2006–07
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2006–07, 2007–08^[13][14]
• Bundesliga top assist provider: 2007–08^[15]
• UEFA Europa League top assist provider: 2011–12^[16]
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2016^[17]
• Campeonato Carioca Team of the Year: 2017^[18]
• Copa do Brasil Best Player: 2017^[19]
• CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI (Reserves): 2003