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Diogo de Almeida Santos (born 13 November 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Académico de Viseu F.C. as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
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.
Santos returned to the third level in January 2010, joining Arouca and helping to promotion in his first year. In 2011–12 he contributed with ten appearances and one goal 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. After featuring sparingly during his spell, he returned to Portugal and its division two by signing a one-year deal with F.C. Famalicão.
Santos joined C.D. Santa Clara in June 2016, reuniting with manager Daniel Ramos in the process. 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 tier on 12 August 2018 at the age of 33 years and nine months, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 away loss to C.S. Marítimo. In the following transfer window, he returned to the second division with Académico Viseu FC.