Diogo

Leite

Diogo Leite history

Diogo Leite was born on 23 January 1999 in Porto and plays for 1. FC Union Berlin. He played for Leixoes SC Matosinhos from 2007-2008, for FC Porto from 2008-2014, for Padroense FC from 2014-2014, for FC Porto from 2015-2021, for Sporting Braga from 2021-2022, for FC Porto from 2022-2022 and has played for 1. FC Union Berlin since 2022.

Current season 2024/25

The 25-year-old has been able to make one assist so far. With this result, he leads the team statistics along with Tim Skarke, László Bénes, Jordan, Tom Rothe and Robert Skov. Diogo Leite was in the starting line-up in all previous 10 games of the season. Of these, he won four games with his club.

Diogo Leite is in third place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (79.77 per cent) and tackle success rate (54.85 per cent). He is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, he has already won 130 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the second rank in the league. Few players have covered a greater distance in this season than the player with the shirt number 4. He is currently the fifth-best runner with 115 km run on the pitch.

Last game

The 1.9m-tall defender played his last game on the 10th matchday of the 2024/25 season (8 November 2024). Playing for 1. FC Union Berlin, he played against SC Freiburg and tied with 0-0. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Diogo Leite had 83 individual ball possessions, which is the highest amount of any player in his club. Furthermore, he had 28 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in this game. Of these, he was able to win 15 – and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game. Diogo Leite was additionally able to make 38 successful passes – the best performance within his club for this game. He covered a distance of 11.9 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 17 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Diogo Leite has played 70 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 29. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of 1. FC Union Berlin.