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

The player with the shirt number 4 has been able to make one assist so far. With this result, he leads the team statistics along with Tim Skarke, László Bénes, Jordan, András Schäfer, Tom Rothe, Wooyeong Jeong and Robert Skov. Diogo Leite was in the starting line-up in all previous 12 games of the season. Of these, he won four games with his club.

With a pass success rate of 80.04 per cent, Diogo Leite currently occupies second place within his squad. Furthermore, he has attained the third position on his squad's leaderboard for a tackle success rate of 55.64 per cent. He was able to assert himself on the pitch well. With 143 tackling duels in which he was victorious, Diogo Leite presently has had, along with Dayot Upamecano (FC Bayern München), the seventh-most tackling duels won league-wide.

Last game

The 25-year-old played his last game on the 13th matchday of the 2024/25 season (6 December 2024). Playing for 1. FC Union Berlin, he lost to VfB Stuttgart 2-3. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Diogo Leite had 54 individual ball possessions, which is the highest amount of any player in his club. Furthermore, he had 20 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 13. The 1.9m-tall defender was additionally able to make 28 successful passes – the best performance within his club for this game. He covered a distance of 11.9 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 21 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Diogo Leite has played 72 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 29. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of 1. FC Union Berlin.