Diego Maurício

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Machado and the second or paternal family name is de Brito.

Diego Maurício
Maurício with Flamengo in 2010
Personal information
Full name Diego Maurício Machado de Brito
Date of birth (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Odisha
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2010 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Flamengo 55 (6)
2012–2013 Alania Vladikavkaz 12 (0)
2013 → Sport Recife (loan) 5 (0)
2014–2015 Vitória 4 (0)
2015–2018 Bragantino 13 (2)
2015 → Al Qadsiah (loan) 5 (0)
2016 → Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (loan) 25 (4)
2017–2018 → Gangwon (loan) 71 (20)
2019 Busan IPark 21 (6)
2020 CSA 1 (0)
2020–2021 Odisha 20 (12)
2021–2022 Al-Shahania 0 (0)
2022 Mumbai City 7 (3)
2022– Odisha 56 (30)
International career
2011 Brazil U20 11 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:20, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Diego Maurício Machado de Brito (born 25 June 1991), simply known as Diego Maurício, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Odisha.

Club career

After working in the club's youth team with coach Rogério Lourenço for several years, in 2010 he got promoted to the professional team by the same coach. He debuted for Flamengo on May 23, 2010, in a 3–1 win against Grêmio Prudente, at Maracanã Stadium, as a substitute and suffered a penalty in the final minutes. It is considered a great promise of the club, a player with good physical size and skill, many fans compare Maurício to Didier Drogba, calling him Drogbinha, which means the Little Drogba.[1]

Diego scored his first professional goal on July 21, 2010, in a 1–1 draw against Avaí, at Maracanã Stadium.[2][3]

Flamengo's president, Patricia Amorim, declined a €6 million offer from Shaktar Donetsk for the player in May 2011.[4]

On August 14, 2012 Russian club Alania Vladikavkaz signed Diego Maurício from Flamengo for €2,8 million.[5] After A loan spell back at Brazil, he signed for top division Portuguese club Vitória F.C. in July 2014.

Before 2016 season opening, he joined to Ratchaburi F.C. in Thai Premier League, by trained with the club for about one month, but has moved away without cause.[6]

Odisha

On 31 August 2020, Indian Super League club Odisha signed Maurício ahead of the seventh edition of the Indian top-tier league, on a one-year deal.[7]

On 23 November, Maurício made his debut for the club in the Indian Super League against Hyderabad, in a narrow 1–0 defeat.[8][9] He scored a brace six days later, against Jamshedpur, which ended in a thrilling 2–2 draw. He grabbed the headlines in the second half, pulling one back in the 77th-minute before driving home a stunning injury-time equaliser.[10][11]

He registered 12 goals along with two assists for the club. The forward was often the lone shining star in an otherwise below-par Juggernauts’ set-up. He finished third in the race for the Golden Boot, behind Goa's Igor Angulo and ATK Mohun Bagan's Roy Krishna.

Mumbai City

On 21 January 2022, Indian Super League club Mumbai City announced the signing of Maurício as a replacement for Ygor Catatau, on a short-term deal.[12]

On 3 February, Maurício made his debut for the club in the Indian Super League against ATK Mohun Bagan, in a 1–1 draw. He had a forgettable debut for the Islanders and was taken off for Igor Angulo, in the second half.[13][14] On 17 February, he scored his first goal for the club, against Jamshedpur in a 3–2 defeat, through the penalty spot.[15][16]

He was later included in the club's 2022 AFC Champions League squad.[17] On 11 April, he scored the Islanders' first ever goal in the competition through the penalty spot, in a historic 2–1 win against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, as Mumbai City became the first Indian club to win a AFC Champions League game.[18][19]

Odisha

In July 2022, Maurício returned to the Juggernauts after one year.[20] On 17 August, he scored a free-kick on his return match in a 6–0 rout of NorthEast United in the Durand Cup.[21][22] He won the ISL golden boot in for 2022-23 by edging out ATK Mohun Bagan’s Dimitrios Petratos and East Bengal’s Cleiton Silva. He scored 12 goals in 21 matches and won the award due to a better minutes-per-goal ratio than the other two players.[23] He won the 2023 Super Cup title with Odisha, where he was also the player of the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 December 2024[24][25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flamengo 2010 Série A 29 5 – – – 29 5
2011 Série A 21 1 4 1 2[b] 0 9[c] 1 36 3
2012 Série A 5 0 – – 8[c] 0 13 0
Total 55 6 4 1 2 0 17 1 78 8
Alania Vladikavkaz 2012–13 Russian Premier League 12 0 1 0 – – 13 0
Sport Recife
(loan) 		2013 Série B 5 0 – 1[b] 0 – 6 0
Vitória 2014–15 Primeira Liga 4 0 0 0 – 1[d] 0 5 0
Bragantino 2015 Série B 13 2 2 0 – 13[e] 4 28 6
Al Qadsiah
(loan) 		2015–16 Saudi First Division 5 0 – – – 5 0
Shijiazhuang
Ever Bright
(loan) 		2016 Chinese Super League 25 4 – – – 25 4
Gangwon
(loan) 		2017 K League 1 36 13 1 0 – – 37 13
2018 K League 1 35 7 – – – 35 7
Total 71 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 72 20
Busan IPark 2019 K League 2 21 6 0 0 – 2[f] 0 23 6
CSA 2020 Série B 1 0 1 0 – 9[g] 0 11 0
Odisha 2020–21 Indian Super League 20 12 0 0 – – 20 12
Mumbai City 2021–22 Indian Super League 7 3 0 0 4[h] 2 – 11 5
Odisha 2022–23 Indian Super League 21 12 5 5 – 6[i] 5 32 22
2023–24 Indian Super League 23 11 5 3 8[j] 3 0 0 36 17
2024–25 Indian Super League 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7
Total 55 30 10 8 8 3 6 5 79 46
Career total 294 83 19 9 15 5 48 10 376 107
  1. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, Russian Cup, Korean FA Cup, Super Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paulista
  6. ^ Appearance(s) Promotion-relegation playoffs
  7. ^ Four appearances in Campeonato Alagoano, five appearances in Copa do Nordeste
  8. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  9. ^ Five appearances and two goals in Durand Cup, one appearance and three goals in Qualifier for 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage
  10. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

Honours

Flamengo

Odisha

Brazil U-20

Individual

References

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