Diego Assis

Diego Assis
Personal information
Full name Diego Assis Figueiredo
Date of birth (1987-09-14) September 14, 1987
Place of birth Brazil
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Mariehamn
Number 25
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Assi 48 (25)
2013– Mariehamn 100 (24)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 October 2016.


Diego Assis (born 14 September 1987) is a Brazilian football player. Currently he is playing for IFK Mariehamn in the Veikkausliiga.[2]

Club career

Assi IF

Before playing football, Assis worked as a mechanic around the same time as playing amateur football.[3] Assis had a big moment when he moved to Sweden in July 2010 to join Assi after being scouted in Europe, playing in the tournament.[3]

After signing a contract in 2011, Assis then helped the club get promoted to Norra Norrland.[3] During his two-year spell at Assi, he made forty-eight appearance and socring twenty-five appearance.

IFK Mariehamn

On 23 October 2012, it was announced that Assis would join Finnish side Mariehamn on a free transfer for next season.[4] Assis had interests from Swedish clubs before moving to Mariehamn.[5]

Despite losing all of the six matches in the group stage of the Finnish League Cup, Assis scored once in the group stage, in a 4-3 loss against Honka.[6] Asis then scored his first goal for the club and set up one of the goals on his debut, in the opening game of the season, in a 3-1 win over RoPS on 14 April 2013.[7] Assis then scored three more goals later in the season against Lahti,[8] Turun Palloseura[9] and MYPA.[10] However, Assis finished the first season, making twenty-four appearance and scoring five times in all competitions after suffering a knee injury during a Europa League match against Inter Baku that ended his season.[11]

After recovering from a knee injury ahead of the new season,[12] Assis then made his return to the first team on 23 April 2014, in a 1-0 win over Turun Palloseura.[13] Following this, Assis started sign of improvement when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 2-2 draw against Honka on 23 May 2014[14] and his second goal of the season then came on 11 June 2014, in a 3-1 loss against TPS.[15] After scoring against Inter Turku[16] and Vaasan Palloseura,[17] Assis scored a hat-trick on 10 August 2014, in a 4-1 win over Honka.[18] After scoring in a 3-1 win over ROPS on 24 August 2014,[19] Assis signed a two-year contract with the club, keeping him until 2016, three days later.[20] Assis later scored four more goals in the season against Kuopion Palloseura[21] and TPS (twice).[22] Assis went on to finish the 2014, making twenty-four appearance and scoring eleven times in all competitions.

In the 2015 season, Assis started the season when he scored in the fourth round of the Finnish League Cup, in a 12-0 win over Tampere United[23] and then scored his first league goal against VPS.[24] Assis then scored twice on 17 May 2015, in a 2-0 win over FC Ilves.[25] In the semi final of Finnish League Cup, Assis scored in a 5-1 win over HJK[26] and in the final of the Finnish Cup, he scored a brace, in a 2-1 win over FC Inter.[27] Assis finished the 2015 season, making thirty-eight appearance and scoring seven times in all competitions.

In the 2016 season, Assis started the season well when he scored four goals in fifteen appearance against Palloseura Kemi Kings,[28] HIFK Fotboll,[29] VPS[30] and SJK.[31] Assis then ended his fourteen league matches without scoring, in a 1-1 draw against ROPS on 14 October 2016.[32] On the last game of the season, Assis came on as a substitute in the second half and scored the winning goal, in a 2-1 win over Ilves to secure the first ever Veikkausliiga Championship for the island club.[33] Following the club's title win, Assis went on to make thirty-nine appearance and scored six times in all competitions.

Career statistics

As of match played 23 October 2016[2]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Assi 2010[34] Division 3 Norra Norrland 86 --86
2011[35] 2013 --2812
2012[36] Division 2 Norrland 206 --206
Total 4825 ----4825
Mariehamn 2013 Veikkausliiga 154206110245
2014 25111021-2812
2015 2833340-256
2016 326205020416
Total 10024831523011829
Career total 14849831523016654

Personal life

Assis is married and together, they have a son.[3] In addition to speaking Portuguese, Assis also speaks English and Swedish since moving to Europe in 2010.[3]

Honors

IFK Mariehamn

References

  1. ↑ Diego Assis Figueiredo IFK Mariehamn
  2. 1 2 "D.Assis". http://int.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. External link in |website= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ex-metalúrgico, brasileiro faz história na Finlândia e leva clube à Champions" (in Portuguese). Globo Esportes. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "KLART: Diego Assis till IFK Mariehamn" (in Swedish). Fotboll Tranfsers. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Brassen Diego Assis nobbar svenska klubbar för IFK Mariehamn" (in Swedish). Fotboll Transfers. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Honka voittoon maalitalkoissa" (in Finnish). Veikkausliga. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn voittoon Rovaniemellä" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Pistejako Maarianhaminassa (IFK-Lahti 2-2)" (in Finish). Veikkausliiga. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "IFK vei maalijuhlat Turussa (TPS-IFK Mariehamn 2-4)" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "MYPA nousi voittoon (MYPA-IFK Mariehamn 3-1)" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Veikkausliigan maalitykin kausi päättyi loukkaantumiseen" (in Finish). MTV.fi. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Diego Assis palasi IFK:n harjoituksiin" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn haki pisteet Turusta (TPS-IFK Mariehamn 0-1)" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "Honka ja IFK jakoivat pisteet (Honka - IFK Mariehamn 2-2)" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Eero Tamminen löi tahdit TPS:n voitolle (TPS-IFK Mariehamn 3-1)" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "IFK:n tehoviisiminuuttinen ratkaisi (IFK - Inter 3-1)" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn haki pisteet Vaasasta (VPS - IFK Mariehamn 1-2)" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  18. ↑ "Mariehamnin Assis pyssytti hattutempun – Solignac yksin maalipörssin kärkeen" (in Finnish). MTV.fi. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "IFK jatkoi vahvaa putkeaan (RoPS - IFK 1-3)" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "Assis stannar på Åland" (in Swedish). Svenska.yle.fi. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn vahvempi kuin KuPS (IFK Mariehamn - KuPS 3-1)" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  22. ↑ "IFK kukisti TPS:n päätöskierroksella (IFK-TPS 3-1)" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  23. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn avaa Suomen Cupin torstaina Tampereella" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  24. ↑ "HJK voitti dramaattisesti - "Paine kasvoi liian suureksi"" (in Finnish). Ylf.fi. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  25. ↑ "Tappio kaiveli Ilves-pelaajia" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  26. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn Respect Suomen Cupin finaaliin" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  27. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn vei Suomen Cupin" (in Finnish). Veikkasuliiga. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  28. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn haki jälleen arvokkaat vieraspisteet" (in Finnish). Iltasanomat. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  29. ↑ "HIFK rämpii isosti Veikkausliigassa, HJK ja IFK Mariehamn omaa luokkaansa" (in Finnish). MTV.fi. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  30. ↑ "VPS nousi lopussa tasoihin IFK Mariehamnin vieraana – katso maalit" (in Finnish). Iltasnomat. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  31. ↑ "Assis sköt IFK upp i tabelltopp – HJK fick bara kryss" (in Swedish). yle.fi. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  32. ↑ "IFK Mariehamn stoppades av Annans arm – klarade ändå oavgjort mot HJK" (in Finnish). yle.fi. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  33. 1 2 "IFK vann årets ligaguld". ifkfotboll.ax (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  34. ↑ "Spelprogram - Div 3 Norra Norrland, herrar". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). svenskfotboll. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  35. ↑ "Spelprogram - Div 3 Norra Norrland, herrar". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). svenskfotboll. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  36. ↑ "Spelprogram - Div 2 Norrland, herrar". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). svenskfotboll. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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