Diogo

Leite

Diogo Leite history

Diogo Leite was born on 23 January 1999 in Porto and plays for 1. FC Union Berlin. He played for Leixoes SC Matosinhos from 2007-2008, for FC Porto from 2008-2014, for Padroense FC from 2014-2014, for FC Porto from 2015-2021, for Sporting Braga from 2021-2022, for FC Porto from 2022-2022 and has played for 1. FC Union Berlin since 2022.

Current season 2024/25

With one assist, the 26-year-old presently has the fourth-most in his team along with Christopher Trimmel, Tim Skarke, Lucas Tousart, László Bénes, Jordan, András Schäfer and Marin Ljubicic. In 24 of the previous 25 games of the season, the player with the shirt number 4 was in the starting line-up. Of these 25 games, he won 7 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for one game.

With a pass success rate of 83.22 per cent, Diogo Leite now occupies first place within his squad. Furthermore, he has attained the second position on his squad's leaderboard for a tackle success rate of 56.16 per cent. He is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, Diogo Leite has already won 278 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the seventh rank in the league. He has scored one own goal. Together with Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Stefan Lainer (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), Kauã Santos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund), Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen), Jakub Kamiński (VfL Wolfsburg), Philipp Treu (FC St. Pauli), Nordi Mukiele (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) and Noahkai Banks (FC Augsburg), he shares fourth place in the league statistics for this category.

Bundesliga career and records

The 1.9m-tall defender has played 85 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 32. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of 1. FC Union Berlin.