| Diego Patriota | |
| Fullname: | Diego Silva Patriota |
| Birth Date: | 22 August 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Recife, Brazil |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Clubnumber: | 20 |
| Youthyears1: | –2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sport |
| Years1: | 2007 |
| Clubs1: | Junak Sinj |
| Clubs2: | Boavista |
| Clubs3: | Central |
| Years4: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs4: | Sergipe |
| Years5: | 2010 |
| Clubs5: | Mixto |
| Years6: | 2010 |
| Clubs6: | Chã Grande |
| Years7: | 2011 |
| Years8: | 2011 |
| Caps8: | 6 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2012 |
| Caps9: | 1 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2013 |
| Clubs10: | Windsor Arch Ka I |
| Caps10: | 2 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2014–2019 |
| Clubs11: | Chao Pak Kei |
| Caps11: | 97 |
| Goals11: | 92 |
| Years12: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs12: | King Fung |
| Caps12: | 10 |
| Goals12: | 6 |
| Years13: | 2020– |
| Clubs13: | Chao Pak Kei |
| Caps13: | 66 |
| Goals13: | 59 |
Diego Silva Patriota (; born 22 August 1986), commonly known as Diego or Diego Patriota, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Liga de Elite club Chao Pak Kei.
Having started his career with Sport Club do Recife of his hometown, Patriota moved to Croatia to join third division Junak Sinj in 2007.[1] He returned to Brazil and played for Boavista and Central before joining Mixto in 2010.[2] He also played for Sergipe in 2009.[3]
After a short spell with Chã Grande, he joined Sampaio Corrêa in 2011.[4] He next played for Ypiranga, where he made 6 appearances in the Campeonato Pernambucano, before joining Hermann Aichinger and then eventually moving to Macau to join Windsor Arch Ka I.
He joined Chao Pak Kei for the 2014 season, and was one of the league's top scorers in 2015[5] and was voted the league's best player.[6]
Patriota won Best Player of the Year Award again in 2018, after leading Chao Pak Kei to 2018 Macau FA Cup victory.[7]
Chao Pak Kei
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Ypiranga | 2011 | – | 0 | 0 | 6[8] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Hermann Aichinger | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 1[9] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Windsor Arch Ka I | 2013 | 1ª Divisão do Futebol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chao Pak Kei | 2014 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 2015 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 2016 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 2017 | Liga de Elite | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | ||
| 2018 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 2019 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21 | |||
| Total | 97 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 93 | |||
| King Fung | 2019–20 | Hong Kong First Division | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| Chao Pak Kei | 2020 | Liga de Elite | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 2022 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 2023 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 12 | |||
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | |||
| Total | 66 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 59 | |||
| Career total | 175 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 187 | 157 | |||