Diogo Salomão

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is Salomão.
Diogo Salomão
Personal information
Full name Diogo Ferreira Salomão
Date of birth (1988-09-14) 14 September 1988
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Mallorca
Number 8
Youth career
1997–2001 Estrela Amadora
2001–2004 Damaiense
2004–2006 Estrela Amadora
2006–2007 Casa Pia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Casa Pia 14 (6)
2009–2010 Real Massamá 26 (4)
2010–2016 Sporting CP 15 (2)
2011–2013 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 43 (6)
2013–2016 Sporting B 19 (0)
2014–2015 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 12 (2)
2016– Mallorca 21 (0)
National team
2010 Portugal U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2016.


Diogo Ferreira Salomão (born 14 September 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club RCD Mallorca as a left winger.

Club career

Born in Amadora, Lisbon District, Salomão played for three teams as a youth, including two spells at local C.F. Estrela da Amadora. In 2007 he made his senior debuts, helping another club from the region, Casa Pia AC, promote from the regional leagues to the fourth division in his first season.

In the 2009–10 campaign, Salomão started in all but one of the league games he appeared in for Real Sport Clube, helping the side to the 12th position in the third level. He subsequently moved straight into the Primeira Liga, as he signed a four-year contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Salomão made his debut in the top flight on 26 September 2010, playing 45 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against C.D. Nacional.[1] He finished his first season with the Lions with 23 official appearances – four goals, including two in the UEFA Europa League group stage, against PFC Levski Sofia (5–0 home win)[2] and K.A.A. Gent (5–1, also at home)[3]– and, although not a regular starter for the club, showed glimpses of his talent, being compared by many to Portuguese international Nani.[4]

On 28 June 2011, deemed surplus to requirements by new Sporting boss Domingos Paciência as several Portuguese players, Salomão was loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, in a season-long move.[5] He contributed with four goals in his 16 starts and 1,475 minutes of action in total, as the Galicians returned to La Liga after only one year.

Salomão was again loaned to Depor in 2012–13, being joined in the team by Sporting teammate André Santos. He made his debut in the top division on 20 October 2012, playing 11 minutes in a 4–5 home loss against FC Barcelona.[6]

Salomão returned to Sporting in the 2013 summer, being assigned to the reserves in division two. On 18 January 2014, he returned to Deportivo again in a temporary deal;[7] after achieving another top level promotion, he extended his move for another year on 23 July.[8]

On 23 May 2015, in only his sixth league appearance of the season, Salomão helped his team come from behind by scoring in the 76th minute of a 2–2 draw at Barcelona in the last round that prevented relegation.[9] He left Sporting in late January 2016, to sign with Segunda División club RCD Mallorca.[10]

International career

In July 2011, Salomão turned down an offer from manager Luís Norton de Matos to represent his ancestral Guinea-Bissau at international level.[11]

Club statistics

As of 23 May 2015[12]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Casa Pia 2008–09 146000000146
Totals 146000000146
Massamá 2009–10 264000000264
Totals 264000000264
Sporting 2010–11 122203062234
Totals 122203062234
Deportivo 2011–12 29441——335
2012–13 14200——142
Totals 43641——477
Sporting 2013–14 3010000040
Totals 3010000040
Sporting B 2013–14 70———70
Totals 70———70
Deportivo 2013–14 6100——61
2014–15 6110——71
Totals 12210——132
Career totals 1172081306213423

References

  1. ↑ Wasteful Sporting fall further behind leading pack; PortuGOAL, 26 September 2010
  2. ↑ Bulgarian delight for Portuguese duo; PortuGOAL, 30 September 2010
  3. ↑ Porto and Sporting march on; PortuGOAL, 21 October 2010
  4. ↑ La banda, propiedad de Salomão (The wing, Salomão's property); El País, 27 November 2011 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Deportivo: llega cedido Salomao (Deportivo: Salomao arrives on loan); esFutbol, 28 June 2011 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Deportivo 4–5 Barcelona: Messi hits hat-trick as the Riazor rains goals; Goal.com, 20 October 2012
  7. ↑ Llega Toché, vuelve Salomão (Toché arrives, Salomão returns); La Opinión A Coruña, 18 January 2014 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Diogo Salomão refuerza al Deportivo (Diogo Salomão bolsters Deportivo); Deportivo La Coruña, 23 July 2014 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ "El Barça indulta al Dépor" [Barça pardons Dépor] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Diogo Salomao se despide del Sporting antes de ingresar en el Mallorca" [Diogo Salomão says goodbye to Sporting before moving to Mallorca] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Diogo Salomão declina convite da Guiné-Bissau" [Diogo Salomão turns down Guinea-Bissau invitation] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Diogo Salomão". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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