Aírton Diogo

Aírton Diogo

Personal information
Full name	Aírton Diogo
Date of birth	(1929-11-23)23 November 1929
Place of birth	Corumbá, Brazil
Date of death	28 June 2005(2005-06-28) (aged 75)
Place of death	Campinas, Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
–1949	Fluminense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949	Fluminense
1950–1952	Pelotas
1953–1954	Internacional
1955–1956	Portuguesa
1956–1959	Ponte Preta
1959	São Paulo
1960	Santos
1961–1962	Ponte Preta
1962–1963	Pelotas
Managerial career
	Pelotas
	Caldense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2024

Aírton Diogo (23 November 1929 – 28 June 2005), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Born in Corumbá, Aírton began his career at Fluminense, where he only played for the professionals in 1949. In the following years he played for EC Pelotas, and due to his good performance, he was hired by SC Internacional, where he was state champion in 1953. Transferred to Portuguesa of Sports, he was again champion, this time of the Rio-São Paulo Tournament in 1955. He defended Ponte Preta in the following seasons, where he scored several goals in the Campeonato Paulista. He had a brief spell at São Paulo in 1959 and later at Santos, being part of the 1960 state champion squad. He ended his career playing for the clubs where he created more identification, Ponte Preta and Pelotas, clubs for which he was also coach, in addition to Caldense.

Honours

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1953

Portuguesa

• Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1955

Santos

• Campeonato Paulista: 1960

External links

• Aírton Diogo at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)