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Diogo Coelho (footballer, born 1993)

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Diogo Coelho
Personal information
Full name Diogo Alexis Rodrigues Coelho Özçakmak[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Ponta do Sol, Portugal[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Ankaragücü
Number 5
Youth career
2003–2009 Pontassolense
2009–2012 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2020 Nacional 52 (3)
2014–2015Covilhã (loan) 39 (3)
2015–2016Chaves (loan) 23 (0)
2016–2017Académica (loan) 32 (1)
2020–2021 Vilafranquense 32 (2)
2021–2023 Kocaelispor 46 (1)
2023–2024 Şanlıurfaspor 17 (0)
2024– Ankaragücü 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024

Diogo Alexis Rodrigues Coelho Özçakmak (born 14 September 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Ankaragücü as a central defender.

Club career

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Born in Ponta do Sol, Madeira of Turkish descent through his father,[2] Coelho joined C.D. Nacional's youth system at the age of 16.[3] He made his Primeira Liga debut with the club on 11 May 2014 – the last matchday of the season – in a 1–0 away loss against Gil Vicente F.C. where he played the full 90 minutes.[4]

Coelho then spent three years on loan in the LigaPro, with S.C. Covilhã,[5] G.D. Chaves and Académica de Coimbra.[6] Returned to the Estádio da Madeira for the 2017–18 campaign, he scored twice[7][8] in 36 matches to help the team return to the top division as champions.[3]

Coelho scored his only goal in the Portuguese top flight on 5 May 2019, helping to a 2–2 draw at Vitória S.C. after his side had trailed 2–0 with ten minutes left.[9] After only two competitive appearances in 2019–20, however, he was released as his contract was about to expire.[3]

On 23 June 2020, Coelho signed with U.D. Vilafranquense of division two.[10] He moved abroad for the first time in his career one year later, joining Kocaelispor who had been recently promoted to the Turkish TFF First League.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Diogo Coelho" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Diogo Coelho vatandaşlık için kamptan ayrıldı" [Diogo Coelho leaves camp for citizenship]. Özgür Kocaeli (in Turkish). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Diogo Coelho de saída do Nacional" [Diogo Coelho leaving Nacional]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 May 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  4. ^ Ferreira, Bruno José (11 May 2014). "Gil Vicente-Nacional, 1–0 (crónica)" [Gil Vicente-Nacional, 1–0 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Nacional empresta Diogo Coelho por uma época" [Nacional loan Diogo Coelho for one season]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 July 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  6. ^ "II Liga: Nacional empresta Diogo Coelho à Académica" [II League: Nacional loan Diogo Coelho to Académica] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Nacional-FC Porto B, 6–0: Dragões 'massacrados' na Madeira" [Nacional-FC Porto B, 6–0: Dragons 'slaughtered' in Madeira]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 March 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Há novo líder na II Liga, duas cambalhotas depois" [There's a new II League leader, two comebacks later]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Golo de Alhassan permite empate do 'aflito' Nacional em Guimarães" [Alhassan goal enables draw of 'worried' Nacional in Guimarães]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 5 May 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Diogo Coelho é o novo reforço do Vilafranquense" [Diogo Coelho is a new Vilafranquense addition] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  11. ^ Silva, Flávio Miguel (27 June 2021). "Diogo Coelho ruma à Turquia para jogar no Kocaelispor" [Diogo Coelho heads to Turkey to play in Kocaelispor]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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