Diego Ferraresso

Diego
	Diego with Litex in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Diego Gustavo Ferraresso Scheda
Date of birth	May 21, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Serra Negra, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Full-back / Winger
Team information
Current team	Cracovia
Number	87
Youth career
2007–2010	Litex Lovech
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2012	Litex Lovech
2011–2012	→ Chavdar Etropole (loan)
2012–2014	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2014–2016	Slavia Sofia
2016–	Cracovia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Diego Ferraresso (Bulgarian: Диего Фераресо; born May 21, 1992), or simply Diego, is a Brazilian-born Bulgarian footballer who plays as a full-back for Ekstraklasa side Cracovia.

Career

Diego started to play football in a private junior school of São Paulo.^{[citation needed]} He comes from a poor family.^[1]

Litex Lovech

He moved to Bulgaria, joining Litex Lovech's academy, after catching the eye of player agent Rogério Pereira.^[1] Ferares made his team debut for Litex Lovech in a friendly match against Macedonian FK Pelister on July 1, 2008. In his first months with Litex, Diego played for reserve squad. Diego's first official match was against PFC Belasitsa Petrich on May 15, 2009.^[1] He entered as a substitution in the 78 minute and scored his first goal for Litex. On June 14, 2009, Diego scored a hat-trick against Spartak Varna. He ended the 2008–09 season with 5 goals in 4 league matches.

Chavdar Etropole

After two seasons in Litex Lovech in 2011 he join to "B" group team Chavdar Etropole. He played two seasons, made 36 caps and scored six goals.

In the summer of 2012, Ferraresso spent approximately a month training with Botev Plovdiv, receiving the approval of then manager Ferario Spasov. However, the "canaries" were unable to sign him, as with his transfer they would have exceeded the limit on non-EU players in the team.^[1]

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

For 2012–13 season, he signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.^[2]

International career

In June 2012, Diego received Bulgarian citizenship after he had lived in the country for five years.^[3] Same year he received a call up for a training camp of Bulgaria U21. In an interview for the Brazilian web magazine Medium in April 2018, Diego showed his desire to represent Bulgaria on international level and to play in the World cup with the team.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 April 2018

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	League	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bulgaria			League		Bulgarian Cup		Europe		Other^[a]		Total
Litex Lovech	A Group	2008–09	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
	A Group	2009–10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
Chavdar Etropole (loan)	B Group	2010–11	11	0	0	0	–		–		11	0
	B Group	2011–12	25	6	0	0	–		–		25	6
	Total		36	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	6
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	A Group	2012–13	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	2
	A Group	2013–14	35	1	7	0	–		–		42	1
	Total		60	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	69	3
Slavia Sofia	A Group	2014–15	25	0	3	0	–		–		28	0
	A Group	2015–16	23	0	0	0	–		–		23	0
	Total		48	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	51	0
Poland			League		Polish Cup		Europe		Other^[b]		Total
Cracovia	Ekstraklasa	2016–17	12	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
	Ekstraklasa	2017–18	12	0	0	0	–		–		12	0
	Total		24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
Career Total			181	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	194	14

^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.
^ Includes Polish SuperCup matches.

Honours

Litex Lovech

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Radkov, Iliyan (March 7, 2013). "Диего – диамантът, който блесна в Ловеч" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
^ "Диего Фераресо вече тренира с черно-белите". plovdivutre.bg. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
^ "Диего Фераресо става национал". football24.bg. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
^ BR no mundo: Diego Ferraresso

External links

Diego Ferraresso at Soccerway
Diego Ferraresso at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

[5] Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

[6] Includes Polish SuperCup matches.

[7sport.9023-1] Radkov, Iliyan (March 7, 2013). "Диего – диамантът, който блесна в Ловеч" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

[2] "Диего Фераресо вече тренира с черно-белите". plovdivutre.bg. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.

[3] "Диего Фераресо става национал". football24.bg. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.

[4] BR no mundo: Diego Ferraresso

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