Today (July 19) is a milestone for one of the starting players of the Flamengo: the midfielder Diego Ribas placeholder image, captain of the team, completes five years at Gávea. He was hired by Fenerbahçe, from Turkey, in July 2016 as the great reinforcement of the team, generating a huge commotion from the fans, who went to the airport to welcome him.
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Diego won, along with his teammates, ten titles with the Flamengo shirt: four Carioca Championships, two Brazilian Championships, two Brazil Super Cups, one Liberators cup is South American Cup. In the most recent ones, under the command of Rogério Ceni, he was the holder, acting in a more retiring role.
So far, the shirt 10 has played 230 matches with the red-black shirt, and scored 40 goals. Soon after his arrival, Diego has already fitted into the team, standing out in the 2016 Brazilian Championship. In 2017 and 2018, his performance went down, experiencing low moments, as in the penalty lost in the final of the Brazil’s Cup, in front of the cruise.
At the beginning of the work of Jorge Jesus, coach who marked his name in Flamengo’s history, Diego was injured in the fifth match under the Portuguese command, against Emelec, in Ecuador. In a lightning recovery, he returned in October, and was instrumental in the Libertadores final, actively participating in the construction of the two goals.
When Willian Arão was placed by Rogério Ceni in the role of defender, Diego was chosen as the first defensive midfielder, forming a pair with Gérson in the ball. With the departure of shirt 8 to Olympique, from France, Diego was kept as a starter even with Aaron’s return to midfield.
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