Diogo Costa Pinto (born 29 June 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Olimpija Ljubljana.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diogo Costa Pinto | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Tomar, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | União Tomar | ||
| 2008–2014 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2014–2015 | União Leiria | ||
| 2015–2019 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Benfica B | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Ascoli | 8 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → Potenza (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Vilafranquense (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Estrela da Amadora | 29 | (13) |
| 2022–2023 | Casa Pia | 18 | (0) |
| 2023– | Olimpija Ljubljana | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Portugal U20 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 December 2023 | |||
Born in Tomar, Pinto made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 4–0 away loss to VilafranquenseinLigaPro on 18 August 2019.[1]
On 13 January 2020, he was acquired by Ascoli,[2] before joining Serie C club Potenza on loan on 5 October 2020.[3]
On 26 January 2021, Pinto was loaned to Vilafranquense.[4] On 7 July 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Estrela da Amadora.[5]
On 26 June 2022, recently-promoted Primeira Liga side Casa Pia announced the signing of Pinto on a two-year contract.[6] He made his Primeira Liga debut on 7 August, coming off the bench for Takahiro Kunimoto in the 72nd minute of a 0–0 draw away at Santa Clara.[7]
On 18 August 2023, Slovenian champions Olimpija Ljubljana announced the signing of Pinto on a three-year contract.[8]
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