Diego de Souza Andrade

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Personal information
Diego Souza
Full name	Diego de Souza Andrade
Date of birth	June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17) (age 22)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Palmeiras
Number	7
Youth clubs
2002-2003	Fluminense
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006 2007 2008-	Fluminense → Flamengo (Loan) Benfica → Grêmio (Loan) Palmeiras	40 0(3) 22 0(3) 02 0(0) 60 (15) 6 (3)
National team²
2001-present	Brazil U-21	25 0(9)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 18, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Diego de Souza Andrade or simply Diego Souza (born June 17, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian midfielder. He currently plays for Palmeiras.

1 Clubs
2 National Team
3 Honours
- 3.1 Grêmio
- 3.2 Palmeiras
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Clubs

Diego Souza began playing Club football for Fluminense in the Brazilian League where he quickly impressed and earned a move to Europe. At first many Benfica fans thought that he would not impress but the were soon mistaken when the club put him on a loan deal with Flamengo.In 2007, he went on loan to Grêmio. He was influential at Grêmio scoring a handful of goals most notably a set-piece against Santos FC as they made the Copa Libertadores final losing out to Boca Juniors. In 2008 he moved to Palmeiras for 3,75 m€.^[1]

He signed a contract until December 2011.

[edit] National Team

Diego was part of the winning Brazilian U-21 Side. Diego was first spotted by Benfica helping Brazil to victory at the 2001 South American Under-17 Championship in Peru.