Diego Pituca

Diego Pituca
Personal information
Full name Diego Cristiano Evaristo
Date of birth (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992
Place of birth Mogi Guaçu, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Santos
Number 21
Youth career
Guaçuano
2009 Itapirense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Mineiros 0 (0)
2011 Brasilis 15 (0)
2012–2013 Guaçuano 39 (6)
2013–2015 Matonense 65 (6)
2014 → União São João (loan) 13 (3)
2015 → Botafogo-SP (loan) 12 (0)
2016–2017 Botafogo-SP 21 (0)
2017– Santos 26 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2018

Diego Cristiano Evaristo (born 1 August 1992), known as Diego Pituca or simply Pituca, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a left back.

Club career

Early career

Pituca was born in Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo, and mainly represented Guaçuano and Itapirense as a youth. In 2010 he joined Mineiros, but failed to appear for the side during his spell.[1]

In 2011 Pituca returned to his native state, after agreeing to a contract with Brasilis. He made his debut for the club on 7 May of that year by starting in a 1–0 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão away loss against his first club Guaçuano.[2]

On 11 January 2012, after being a regular starter for Brasilis, Pituca moved back to Mandi.[3] He only scored his first senior goal on 3 March of the following year, in a 2–2 home draw against Sertãozinho; thirteen days later, however, he netted a brace in a 4–1 home routing of Marília.

After two seasons as a starter, Pituca joined Matonense in April 2013.[4] On 28 May 2014, he was loaned to União São João until the end of the year's Paulistão Segunda Divisão.[5]

Botafogo-SP

Upon returning to Matonense, Pituca impressed enough for the side to secure a loan deal to Botafogo on 19 May 2015, despite being relegated with his previous club.[6] He immediately became a starter at the side, helping in their Campeonato Brasileiro Série D winning campaign and remaining a mainstay afterwards; on 17 November 2016, he renewed his contract until the end of 2018.[7]

Santos

On 29 May 2017 Pituca joined Santos, being initially assigned to the B-team.[8] The following 24 January, he was promoted to the first team by new manager Jair Ventura.[9]

Pituca made his first team – and Série A – debut on 14 April 2018, replacing Jean Mota in a 2–0 home win against Ceará.[10] He made his Copa Libertadores debut on 24 May, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Real Garcilaso.[11]

Pituca scored his first senior goal for Peixe on 23 September 2018, netting the opener in a 1–1 home draw against Vasco da Gama.

Career statistics

As of 13 October 2018[12]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mineiros 2010 Goiano 2ª Divisão —00———00
Brasilis 2011 Paulista 2ª Divisão —150———150
Guaçuano 2012 Paulista A3 —220——11[lower-alpha 1]0330
2013 —176———176
Subtotal —396——110506
Matonense 2013[13] Paulista 2ª Divisão —263———263
2014 Paulista A3 —223———223
2015 Paulista A2 —170———170
Subtotal —656———656
União São João 2014[14] Paulista 2ª Divisão —133———133
Botafogo–SP 2015 Série D 120————120
2016 Série C 190143———333
2017 20130———150
Subtotal 330273———603
Santos 2017 Série A ————17[lower-alpha 1]3173
2018 26100303[lower-alpha 2]0—321
Subtotal 261003030173494
Career total 59115919303028325222
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

Honours

Botafogo-SP

References

  1. ↑ ""Quero fazer história no Santos"" ["I want to make history at Santos"] (in Portuguese). Jornal Grande Jogada. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Brasilis 0 x 1 Guaçuano - Mandi estreia com vitória na Segundona!" [Brasilis 0–1 Guaçuano – Mandi debut with victory in the Segundona!] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Guaçuano renova com metade do elenco do ano passado e contrata mais 12" [Guaçuano renew with half of the squad of the last year and sign another 12] (in Portuguese). Futebol Barretos. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Matonense apresenta elenco para a temporada" [Matonense present squad for the season] (in Portuguese). JC Matão. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "União São João contrata meia que subiu com Matonense na Série A3" [União São João sign midfielder who was promoted with Matonense in the Série A3] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bota-SP apresenta Francis, Samuel, Jardel e Diego Pituca nesta terça-feira" [Bota-SP present Francis, Samuel, Jardel and Diego Pituca this Tuesday] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Diego Pituca renova contrato com o Botafogo-SP até o fim de 2018" [Diego Pituca renews contract with Botafogo-SP until the end of 2018] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Santos acerta a contratação de Diego Pituca, do Botafogo-SP" [Santos sign Diego Pituca, from Botafogo-SP] (in Portuguese). Esporte Interativo. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Diego Pituca é promovido ao profissional do Santos" [Diego Pituca is promoted to the professionals of Santos] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Santos bate Ceará e volta a vencer em estreia de Brasileirão depois de 13 anos" [Santos defeat Ceará and is back to winning in debut after 13 years] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Santos empata com Real Garcilaso e vai às oitavas da Libertadores como líder do grupo" [Santos draw against Real Garcilaso and go to Libertadores' round of 16 as group leaders] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  12. ↑ Diego Pituca at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Paulista - Segunda Divisão - 2013" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. 27 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Paulista - Segunda Divisão - 2014" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. 27 February 2017.
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