Brazilian footballer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Farias and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Diego Farias da Silva (born 10 May 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Benevento.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 Career statistics
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Club career

In June 2012, Nocerina excised the rights to sign Sorocaba-born Farias, but Chievo excised the counter-option to keep him in Verona. He signed a new 4+1 contract with club. On 16 July 2012, he joined Calcio Padova on a loan deal for the 2012–13 season.

On 31 January 2019, Farias joined Empoli on loan with an option to buy, after five years at Cagliari.

On 13 August 2019, Farias joined Serie A club Lecce on loan with an option to buy.

On 22 September 2020, Farias joined Spezia on loan until 30 June 2021.

On 2 December 2021, his contract with Cagliari was terminated by mutual consent.

On 14 January 2022, he signed with Benevento in Serie B.

Career statistics

As of match played 23 May 2021.

References

External links

• Diego Farias at TuttoCalciatori (in Italian)