Diogo Cunha

Diogo Cunha
Personal information
Full name Nélson Diogo Freitas Cunha[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pevidém
Youth career
1996–2005 Vitória Guimarães
2001–2002 → Amigos Urgeses (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Lixa 14 (0)
2006 Avanca 1 (0)
2007 Olhanense 4 (0)
2007−2008 Mirandela 14 (1)
2009−2013 Feirense 107 (12)
2013−2015 Moreirense 45 (6)
2015−2016 Chaves 36 (2)
2016−2018 Famalicão 61 (3)
2018−2021 Lusitânia 76 (13)
2021 Berço 4 (0)
2021−2024 Valadares Gaia 71 (12)
2024−2025 Espinho 26 (2)
2025− Pevidém 12 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:37, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Nélson Diogo Freitas Cunha (born 10 February 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pevidém.

Club career

Born in Guimarães, Cunha was brought up at local Vitória SC, where he spent his entire formative spell save for a loan at neighbouring Amigos de Urgeses.[2] He started his senior career at F.C. Lixa in the third tier, reaching the professionals in the second part of the 2006–07 season with S.C. Olhanense but featuring rarely for the Segunda Liga club.

After one and a half years in the lower leagues with SC Mirandela, Cunha signed for C.D. Feirense in January 2009, helping them to promote to the Primeira Liga in 2011. He made his debut in the competition on 14 August of that year, starting in a 0–0 home draw against C.D. Nacional.[3] He scored his first goal the following 19 February, opening the 1–1 draw with Olhanense also at the Estádio Marcolino de Castro.[4]

Cunha moved to Moreirense F.C. in the summer of 2013,[5] earning promotion to the top flight in his debut campaign as champions.[6] He subsequently renewed his contract for another year.[7]

From 2015 to 2018, Cunha competed in the second tier with G.D. Chaves[8] and F.C. Famalicão,[9] achieving another promotion with the latter.[10] Aged 32, he then took his game to the lower leagues and amateur football.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Diogo Cunha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Diogo Cunha: "Gostava de voltar ao Vitória mas não faço disso uma obsessão"" [Diogo Cunha: "I would like to return to Vitória but I do not make an obsession out of it"] (in Portuguese). Clube Desportivo Feirense Blogspot. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Feirense trava Nacional no quinto empate da primeira jornada" [Feirense stop Nacional in fifth draw of matchday one] (in Portuguese). TSF. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. ^ Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (19 February 2012). "Feirense-Olhanense, 1–1 (crónica)" [Feirense-Olhanense, 1–1 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Pires, Filipe Melo e Diogo Cunha são reforços" [Pires, Filipe Melo and Diogo Cunha are additions]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 June 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Moreirense conquista o título" [Moreirense win title]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Moreirense: Diogo Cunha renova contrato" [Moreirense: Diogo Cunha renews contract] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Flavienses anunciam cinco reforços" [Flavienses announce five additions]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 June 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Famalicão apresentou-se aos sócios com 5 mil nas bancadas" [Famalicão presented to paying supporters with 5 thousand in the stands]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  10. ^ Lobato, Sofia (8 May 2016). "Chaves sobe à Liga NOS e FC Porto B é campeão" [Chaves promote to NOS League and FC Porto B are champions]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Tiago Pinto e Diogo Cunha reforçam Pevidém" [Tiago Pinto and Diogo Cunha bolster Pevidém] (in Portuguese). Guimarães Digital. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
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