| Diogo Santos | |
| Fullname: | Diogo de Almeida Santos[1] |
| Birth Date: | 13 November 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Felgueiras 1932 |
| Youthyears1: | 1995–2003 |
| Youthclubs1: | Oliveirense |
| Years1: | 2003–2008 |
| Years2: | 2008–2009 |
| Years3: | 2010–2012 |
| Years4: | 2012–2013 |
| Years5: | 2013–2015 |
| Years6: | 2015–2016 |
| Years7: | 2016–2019 |
| Years8: | 2019–2021 |
| Years9: | 2021– |
| Clubs1: | Oliveirense |
| Clubs2: | Gil Vicente |
| Clubs3: | Arouca |
| Clubs4: | Oliveirense |
| Clubs5: | Brașov |
| Clubs6: | Famalicão |
| Clubs7: | Santa Clara |
| Clubs8: | Académico Viseu |
| Clubs9: | Felgueiras 1932 |
| Caps1: | 143 |
| Caps2: | 8 |
| Caps3: | 53 |
| Caps4: | 45 |
| Caps5: | 25 |
| Caps6: | 37 |
| Caps7: | 66 |
| Caps8: | 46 |
| Caps9: | 17 |
| Goals1: | 11 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 6 |
| Goals8: | 5 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 18:36, 28 July 2022 (UTC) |
Diogo de Almeida Santos (born 13 November 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Felgueiras 1932 as a defensive midfielder.
Born in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon District, Santos started his senior career with U.D. Oliveirense, spending his first five seasons in the third division and scoring a career-best five goals in his last. In the 2008 off-season he signed with Gil Vicente F.C. of the Segunda Liga, making his debut in the competition on 24 August in a 1–1 away draw against his former club.[2]
Santos returned to the third tier in January 2010, joining Arouca and helping to promotion in his first year. In 2011–12 he contributed ten appearances and one goal[3] during the first half of the campaign, but finished it with Oliveirense.
On 19 June 2013, Santos moved abroad after agreeing to a two-year contract at SR Brașov in the Romanian Liga I.[4] After featuring sparingly during his spell, he returned to Portugal and its division two by signing a one-year deal with F.C. Famalicão.[5]
Santos joined C.D. Santa Clara in June 2016, reuniting with manager Daniel Ramos in the process.[6] In 2017–18, he scored three times from 26 appearances as the club returned to the Primeira Liga after a 15-year absence.
Santos played his first match in the Portuguese top flight on 12 August 2018 at the age of 33 years and nine months, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away loss to C.S. Marítimo.[7] In the following transfer window, he returned to the second division with Académico Viseu FC.[8] [9]
On 27 July 2021, Santos moved to F.C. Felgueiras 1932.[10]
In June 2022, Portugal's Supreme Court of Justice allowed Santos to proceed in a lawsuit against American video game company Electronic Arts for the alleged unauthorised use of his name and image in their FIFA series. Citing Lionel Messi's US$50 million deal with the company, he requested at least €53,900.[11] Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport wrote that he was the first footballer to take EA to court, although Zlatan Ibrahimović and Gareth Bale's case against the company had been dismissed; the newspaper also stated that the use of all footballers' images was legitimate due to a deal with the FIFPro trade union.[12]