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

With one assist, Diogo Leite presently has the third-most in his team along with Tim Skarke, László Bénes, Jordan, András Schäfer and Wooyeong Jeong. In 17 of the previous 18 games of the season, the 1.9m-tall defender was in the starting line-up. Of these 18 games, he won 5 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for one game.

The 26-year-old is in third place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (83.17 per cent) and tackle success rate (56.04 per cent). He is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, he has already won 204 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the seventh rank in the league.

Last game

Diogo Leite played his last game on the 19th matchday of the 2024/25 season (26 January 2025). Playing for 1. FC Union Berlin, he lost to FC St. Pauli 0-3. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, the player with the shirt number 4 had 90 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 18 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 12 – and therefore was more successful than any other player in this game. He was additionally able to make 61 successful passes. Diogo Leite covered a distance of 11.2 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 20 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Diogo Leite has played 78 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 30. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of 1. FC Union Berlin.