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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferraresso and the second or paternal family name is Scheda.

Diego Gustavo Ferraresso Scheda (Bulgarian: Диего Густаво Фераресо Скеда; born 21 May 1992), sometimes known as just Diego, is a professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga II club Gloria Buzău. Born in Brazil, he has represented Bulgaria at youth level.

Career

Diego Ferraresso started to play football in a private junior school of São Paulo.[citation needed] He comes from a poor family.[2]

Litex Lovech

He moved to Bulgaria, joining Litex Lovech's academy, after catching the eye of the player agent Rogério Pereira.[2] Ferares made his team debut for Litex Lovech in a friendly match against Macedonian FK Pelister on July 1, 2008. In his first months with Litex, Diego Ferraresso played for the reserve squad. Diego's first official match was against PFC Belasitsa Petrich on May 15, 2009.[2] He entered as a substitution in the 78 minute and scored his first goal for Litex. On June 14, 2009, Diego Ferraresso scored a hat-trick against Spartak Varna. He ended the 2008–09 season with 5 goals in 4 league matches.

Chavdar Etropole

After two seasons in Litex Lovech in 2011 he joined to "B" group team Chavdar Etropole. He played two seasons, made 36 caps and scored six goals.

In the summer of 2012, Ferraresso spent approximately a month training with Botev Plovdiv, receiving the approval of the manager Ferario Spasov. However, the "canaries" were unable to sign him, as with his transfer they would have exceeded the limit on non-EU players in the team.[2]

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

For 2012–13 season, he signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[3]

Botev Vratsa

After a five-year stay with Cracovia, in September 2021 Diego Ferraresso returned to Bulgaria, being close to signing with Dobrudzha Dobrich, but eventually joining Botev Vratsa that was managed by compatriot Daniel Morales.[4]

International career

In June 2012, Diego Ferraresso received Bulgarian citizenship after he had lived in the country for five years.[5] Same year he received a call up for a training camp of Bulgaria U21.[6] In an interview for the Brazilian web magazine Medium in April 2018, Diego showed his desire to represent Bulgaria on international level and to play in the FIFA World Cup with the team.[7]

Honours

Litex Lovech

Cracovia

References

  1. ^ Футболната търговия с българските паспорти
  2. ^ a b c d Radkov, Iliyan (March 7, 2013). "Диего – диамантът, който блесна в Ловеч" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  3. ^ "Диего Фераресо вече тренира с черно-белите". plovdivutre.bg. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  4. ^ "Ботев Враца привлече Диего Фераресо" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. September 30, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Диего Фераресо става национал". football24.bg. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  6. ^ Диего Фераресо: Чувствам се българин, ако ме повикат в националния, веднага ще дойда
  7. ^ BR no mundo: Diego Ferraresso

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