Diogo Rincón

Diogo Rincón
Personal information
Full name Diogo Augusto Pacheco da Fontoura
Date of birth (1980-04-18) 18 April 1980
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Internacional 32 (3)
2002–2009 Dynamo Kyiv 129 (46)
2008 → Corinthians (loan) 11 (2)
2009–2011 AO Kavala 25 (4)
2012 Canoas 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Diogo Augusto Pacheco da Fontoura, nickname Diogo Rincón or just Rincón (Ukrainian: Діого Рінкон; born on 18 April 1980 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) is a retired professional Brazilian football player, who played as a midfielder.

He became the first South American footballer in Ukraine who was among the best scorers in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Club career

Rincón was a product of Internacional's youth academy and was a featured regular prior to his transfer to Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv in 2002. Unlike many other South Americans who were unable to succeed at Dynamo, Rincon is one of the few successes, having claimed a starting role at Dynamo after his first year at the Ukrainian club. Rincon holds the record for the fastest goal in Dynamo's European history – 24 seconds against Turkish club Fenerbahçe on 8 August 2006 in a UEFA Champions League qualifier.[1]

In February 2008, Rincón left FC Dynamo Kyiv and joined on loan to Corinthians,[2] in November 2008 turned back to Ukraine.[3] On 25 April 2009, the Brazilian midfielder has terminated his contract with Dynamo Kyiv upon his request, he was a free agent and returned to Brazil.[4] The player who plays in the attacking midfielder role signed on 25 July 2009 for AO Kavala he comes on a free transfer and signed until June 2010. [5]

International career

Rincón is former member of the U-17 Brazil squad that won the U-17 World Cup in 1997.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Ukraine League Ukrainian Cup Europe Total
2002–03Dynamo KyivPremier League231074613615
2003–0429562844311
2004–052510761034219
2005–06231040202910
2006–07167311632511
2007–081341051195
Total 129462813371219471

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.