![]() Assis playing for
Mariehamn in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Assis Figueiredo | ||
Date of birth | 14 September 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Minas Gerais, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2010–2012 | Assi | 48 | (25) |
2013–2016 | Mariehamn | 100 | (24) |
2017 | Thai Honda | 11 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Persela Lamongan | 28 | (6) |
2019 | Al-Ain | 17 | (2) |
2019 | Madura United | 16 | (2) |
2021 | Bali United | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2019 |
Diego Assis Figueiredo (born 14 September 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. [2]
Before playing football, Assis worked as a mechanic around the same time as playing amateur football. [3] Assis had a big moment when he moved to Sweden in July 2010 to join Assi after being scouted in Europe, playing in the tournament. [3]
After signing a contract in 2011, Assis then helped the club get promoted to Norra Norrland. [3] During his two-year spell at Assi, he scored 25 goals in 48 appearances.
On 23 October 2012, it was announced that Assis would join Finnish side Mariehamn on a free transfer for next season. [4] Assis had interests from Swedish clubs before moving to Mariehamn. [5]
Despite losing all of the six matches in the group stage of the Finnish League Cup, Assis scored once in the group stage, in a 4-3 loss against Honka. [6] Asis then scored his first goal for the club and set up one of the goals on his debut, in the opening game of the season, in a 3-1 win over RoPS on 14 April 2013. [7] Assis then scored three more goals later in the season against Lahti, [8] Turun Palloseura [9] and MYPA. [10] However, Assis finished the first season, making twenty-four appearances and scoring five times in all competitions after suffering a knee injury during a Europa League match against Inter Baku that ended his season. [11]
After recovering from a knee injury ahead of the new season, [12] Assis then made his return to the first team on 23 April 2014, in a 1-0 win over Turun Palloseura. [13] Following this, Assis started sign of improvement when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 2-2 draw against Honka on 23 May 2014 [14] and his second goal of the season then came on 11 June 2014, in a 3-1 loss against TPS. [15] After scoring against Inter Turku [16] and Vaasan Palloseura, [17] Assis scored a hat-trick on 10 August 2014, in a 4-1 win over Honka. [18] After scoring in a 3-1 win over ROPS on 24 August 2014, [19] Assis signed a two-year contract with the club, keeping him until 2016, three days later. [20] Assis later scored four more goals in the season against Kuopion Palloseura [21] and TPS (twice). [22] Assis went on to finish the 2014, making twenty-four appearances and scoring eleven times in all competitions.
In the 2015 season, Assis started the season when he scored in the fourth round of the Finnish League Cup, in a 12-0 win over Tampere United [23] and then scored his first league goal against VPS. [24] Assis then scored twice on 17 May 2015, in a 2-0 win over FC Ilves. [25] In the semi final of Finnish League Cup, Assis scored in a 5-1 win over HJK [26] and in the final of the Finnish Cup, he scored a brace, in a 2-1 win over FC Inter. [27] Assis finished the 2015 season, making thirty-eight appearances and scoring seven times in all competitions.
In the 2016 season, Assis started the season well when he scored four goals in fifteen appearances against Palloseura Kemi Kings, [28] HIFK Fotboll, [29] VPS [30] and SJK. [31] Assis then ended his fourteen league matches without scoring, in a 1-1 draw against ROPS on 14 October 2016. [32] In the last game of the season, Assis came on as a substitute in the second half and scored the winning goal, in a 2-1 win over Ilves to secure the first ever Veikkausliiga Championship for the island club. [33] Following the club's title win, Assis went on to make thirty-nine appearances and scored six times in all competitions.
On 20 December 2016, Assis signed for Thai League T1 side Thai Honda. [34]
After leaving Persela, Assis signed for Saudi second-tier club Al-Ain in January 2019. [35]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Assi | 2010 [37] | Division 3 Norra Norrland | 8 | 6 | - | - | 8 | 6 | ||||
2011 [38] | 20 | 13 | - | - | 28 | 12 | ||||||
2012 [39] | Division 2 Norrland | 20 | 6 | - | - | 20 | 6 | |||||
Total | 48 | 25 | - | - | - | - | 48 | 25 | ||||
Mariehamn | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
2014 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 28 | 12 | |||
2015 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | 25 | 6 | |||
2016 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 6 | ||
Total | 100 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 29 | ||
Thai Honda Ladkrabang | 2017 | Thai League T1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 149 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 167 | 54 |
Assis is married and together, they have a son. [3] In addition to speaking Portuguese, Assis also speaks English and Swedish since moving to Europe in 2010. [3]