Diego de Souza (footballer, born 1984)

Diego de Souza

Personal information
Full name	Diego Alejandro de Souza Carballo
Date of birth	(1984-05-14) May 14, 1984
Place of birth	Melo, Uruguay
Height
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder / Winger
Team information
Current team	Montevideo Wanderers
Number	15
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2011	Defensor Sporting	97	(29)
2011–2012	Banfield	31	(5)
2012–	Montevideo Wanderers	12	(3)
International career‡
2007	Uruguay	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:58, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Diego Alejandro de Souza Carballo (born 14 May 1984 in Melo) is a Uruguayan footballer. He plays for Montevideo Wanderers F.C. as a midfielder. He is nicknamed "Pepe" and "El ojo".

Club career

De Souza joined Defensor Sporting youth teams at the age of 16 and has since been claimed to be one of the greatest players in the history of the Uruguayan team. In 2009 he was chosen as the best player of the Uruguayan Primera División. In July 2010, Defensor Sporting received an US$1.5 million offer from Universidad de Chile which was accepted by the Uruguayan team but later turned down by de Souza's agent Gonzalo Madrid, who was hoping to place the midfielder in a European team. On 27 January 2011, Diego de Souza signed a contract with Banfield for four years.

International career

He has been called up to the Uruguay national team but as an unused sub.

Honours

Defensor Sporting

• Uruguayan League: 2007–08

External links

• Diego de Souza – FIFA competition record