Diego Alves

Not to be confused with Diogo Alves.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is Carreira.

Diego Alves
Alves warming up with Flamengo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Diego Alves Carreira[1]
Date of birth (1985-06-24) 24 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2001–2003 Botafogo-SP
2004 Atlético Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Atlético Mineiro 54 (0)
2007–2011 Almería 123 (0)
2011–2017 Valencia 146 (0)
2017–2023 Flamengo 151 (0)
2023 Celta 0 (0)
International career‡
2008 Brazil U23 2 (0)
2011–2017 Brazil 10 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:58, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2017

Diego Alves Carreira (born 24 June 1985), known as Diego Alves, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Having begun his career at Atlético Mineiro in Brazil, he spent most of it in Spain with Almería and Valencia, making 269 La Liga appearances during the decade he played in Spain, during which time he stopped a record 23 penalty kicks.[3] In 2017 he returned to Brazil, and won several honours with Flamengo, including the Copa Libertadores in 2019.

Alves was part of the Brazilian squad which won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics, and made his senior international debut in 2011. He represented the latter at the Copa América Centenario.

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CR Flamengo" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Diego Alves". Valencia CF. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference penalty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).