| Diogo Rincón | |
| Fullname: | Diogo Augusto Pacheco da Fontoura |
| Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
| Birth Date: | 1980 4, df=yes |
| Years1: | 2000–2002 |
| Caps1: | 32 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2002–2009 |
| Caps2: | 129 |
| Goals2: | 46 |
| Years3: | 2002 |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2008 |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Clubs4: | → Corinthians (loan) |
| Years5: | 2009–2011 |
| Caps5: | 25 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 2012 |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 204 |
| Totalgoals: | 57 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1997 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Diogo Augusto Pacheco da Fontoura, nickname Diogo Rincón or just Rincón (Ukrainian: Діого Рінкон; born on 18 April 1980) is a retired professional Brazilian football player, who played as a midfielder. After retiring, he had depression and alcohol problems, but has since recovered.[1]
He became the first South American footballer in Ukraine who was among the best scorers in the Ukrainian Premier League.
Rincon started playing football at the age of ten.[2]
Rincón was a product of Internacional's youth academy and was a featured regular prior to his transfer to Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv in 2002.[3] Unlike many other South Americans who were unable to succeed at Dynamo, Rincon is one of the few successes, having claimed a starting role at Dynamo after his first year at the Ukrainian club. Rincon holds the record for the fastest goal in Dynamo's European history – 24 seconds against Turkish club Fenerbahçe on 8 August 2006 in a UEFA Champions League qualifier.[4]
In February 2008, Rincón left FC Dynamo Kyiv and joined on loan to Corinthians,[5] in November 2008 turned back to Ukraine.[6] On 25 April 2009, the Brazilian midfielder has terminated his contract with Dynamo Kyiv upon his request, he was a free agent and returned to Brazil.[7] The player who plays in the attacking midfielder role signed on 25 July 2009 with Kavala he comes on a free transfer and signed until June 2010.[8]
Rincón is former member of the U-17 Brazil squad that won the U-17 World Cup in 1997.
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Ukraine | League | Ukrainian Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2002–03 | Dynamo Kyiv | Premier League | 23 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 15 | |
| 2003–04 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 11 | |||
| 2004–05 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 42 | 19 | |||
| 2005–06 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 10 | |||
| 2006–07 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 11 | |||
| 2007–08 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 5 | |||
| Total | 129 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 37 | 12 | 194 | 71 | |||
Campeonato Gaucho: 2002
2003, 2004, 2007
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007