Diego

Full Name: Diego Ribas da Cunha
Nationality: Brazilian
2nd Nationality: Italian
Birthday: February 28, 1985 in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Sign: Pisces
Height: 1,73 meters
Weight: 73 kilograms
Club: Werder Bremen
Previous clubs: Santos > (€8m) Porto > (€6m) Werder Bremen
Position: Attacking Midfielder (right, central)
Inside Facts:

• His football career began as he was twelve years old in São Paulo.
• At the age of 16 Diego had his team debut in the Rio-São-Paulo-Championship in 2002
• Even in the same year he won the Campeonato Brasileiro championship
• In 2004 he was called up for the brazilian national football team to play in the Copa América Cup. In this Copa he shot a important goal in penatly shootout in the final
• Many people remember itself on this time when Diego Ribas da Cunha played together with Robinho for Santos FC – it was a very harmonic duo.
• In July 2004 joined he for arounf 8 million Euros to FC Porto. But in Porto he played just sometimes. Following of this Diego needn't play the 2006 FIFA World Cup for brazilian squad.
• Diego signed for Werder Bremen in May 2006 a contract for four years. He comes for ca. 6 million Euros.
• His debut for Bremen was on 6th August in the German League-Cup-match against FC Bayern Munich. Werder Bremen won a few days later the competition.
• Diego had a so good start in the german Bundesliga that he became player of the month in August. Diego and Torsten Frings, a teammate, are the valuable players in midfield for Bremen.
• Two month later, in October and in December he became the second best player of the month. And Diego became the best player of the first half of the 1.Bundesliga.
• After a very good season 2006/2007 for him became he voted for the best player of the year in the Bundesliga.