Diogo Portela
| Diogo Portela | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Braziliant |
| Born |
June 12, 1988[1] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Home town |
Richmond, Surrey England |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | 25g |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Mas Que Nada by Sérgio Mendes |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2013-2014 |
| PDC | 2015– |
| Current world ranking | 153 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2018 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| PDC Challenge Tour | 2018 |
Diogo Portela (born 12 June 1988) is a professional Brazilian born darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, based in England.
Career
Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he first came into prominence in 2015 when he appeared on the Sky1 darts show One Hundred and Eighty, where with the help of James Wade, he won £16,000.
His first foray into professional darts was when he tried to win a PDC Tour Card in 2017, but while he failed to do so, he did some other firsts, such as becoming the first Brazilian to win a PDC European Tour match when he defeated Martin Schindler in the first round of the German Darts Championship.
In June 2017, he and Alexandre Sattin became the first pair to represent Brazil in the World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt, Germany. They defeated Switzerland 5–4 in a last-leg decider, before losing to the host nation pair of Max Hopp and Martin Schindler, with Portela winning their only leg in the two matches.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2018: 1st Round (lost to Peter Wright 1–3)
- 2019: Qualified