Diogo Santos Rangel


Diogo Santos Rangel is a Brazilian born Timorese footballer who plays as a defender and is currently a free agent.

Club careers

Dili United

After he defended the Timor Leste U-23 in the arena Southeast Asian Games he joined a local club in Dili, Timor Leste, namely Dili United.

Sriwijaya Football Club

After undergoing selection for two weeks with Sriwijaya, Diogo got a contract offer from the club's management. On 8 November 2012 Diogo agreed to sign a three-year contract with Sriwijaya. He scored his first goal for Sriwijaya against Persisam Putra Samarinda, but his goal could not help his team from losing 2–4.

Gresik United

In May 2013 Diogo loaned to Gresik United from the Sriwijaya for 5-month until the end of season.

Daejeon Citizen

In March 2014 Diogo join Daejeon Citizen.

Lee Man

On 19 July 2019, Diogo signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. On 21 January 2020, his contract was terminated.

International career

Despite having no links with East Timor, Diogo had been naturalised and played for the country at three different levels between 2011 and 2016.
He began his international career as a Timor Leste U-23 that in preparing for the Southeast Asian Games in November 2011. Diogo made his debut as a national team U-23 as warm-up match against Indonesia U-23 on 25 October 2011, which ended in defeat 0–5. After that he played in 5 games and scored 1 goal in the event the Southeast Asian Games. In February 2012 he summons national team U-21 to compete in the arena 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, in the event he scored 1 goal in 4 games. In July 2012 was recalled to the national team U-23 that competed in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification. In this tournament he played 5 times and scored one goal.
On 5 October 2012 he made his debut as a Timor Leste national football team in the match against Cambodia in the event the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification which ended with a 5–1 win. Until now Diogo has played in four games for the national team.
On 19 January 2017, the Asian Football Confederation declared Diogo and eleven other Brazilian footballers ineligible to represent East Timor. Two months later, the East Timorese passport he had received has been declared ‘null and void’ by the Ministry of Justice of East Timor.

Honours

Club honors

;Sriwijaya
;Daejeon Citizen
;AA São Caetano
;AA Anapolina
; Melhor Defensor dos ultimos tempos, INDONESIA LEAGUE