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, the 1.9m-tall defender currently has the third-most in his team along with Tim Skarke, László Bénes, Jordan, András Schäfer and Wooyeong Jeong. The 25-year-old was in the starting line-up in all previous 14 games of the season. Of these, he won four games with his club.

Diogo Leite is in second place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (82.22 per cent) and tackle success rate (56.36 per cent). He is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, he has already won 164 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the seventh rank in the league.

Last game

The player with the shirt number 4 played his last game on the 15th matchday of the 2024/25 season (21 December 2024). Playing for 1. FC Union Berlin, he lost to SV Werder Bremen 1-4. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, he had 68 individual ball possessions, which is the highest amount of any player in his club. Furthermore, he had 17 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 10 – no other player in his club was as successful. He was additionally able to make 45 successful passes – the best performance within his club for this game. He covered a distance of 12.2 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 34 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Diogo Leite has played 74 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.