Diego

Diego Ribas is the kind of footballer I find genuinely beautiful to watch. At 173 cm he was never an imposing presence, yet he turned that into an asset, dictating play with a soft first touch and an attacking midfielder's vision honed in Brazil and across Europe. Capped by Brazil from 2003, he was less about goal tallies than about the killer pass that unlocks a defense. I have always preferred the playmaker to the pure finisher, and Diego embodies that selfless artistry. A creator first, a scorer second, and all the more memorable for it.

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Name (English)

Diego

Name (Japanese)

ジエゴ・リバス・ダ・クーニャ

Reading

じえご・りばす・だ・くーにゃ

Born

February 28, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Height

173 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

• Official sitehttps://www.diego10.com.br/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/diegoribas10/
• Xhttps://x.com/ribasdiego10
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego%20(footballer%2C%20born%201985)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109428

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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