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2025 Men's Soccer Roster

8 Diogo Branco

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 147
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Povoa de Varzim, Portugal
  • High School Colegio de Amorim

Biography

Honors and Awards
CSC Academic All-District (2023)

Senior Season (2024)
Made 13 appearances making a career-high 12 starts finishing the year with two goals and one assist for five points…Scored first goal of the season in the win vs UNCW (9/28)…Scored a goal and earned an assist at Stony Brook to end the season (11/2)…Played the full 90 minutes eight times...Named to CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Sophomore Season (2023)
Saw action in all 16 games, making eight starts as a sophomore…Picked up one assist on the year coming against Charleston (10/14)…Placed a career-high three shots on goal at Longwood (9/5)…Finished the year with 18 total shots placing seven shots on-frame… Earned CSC Academic All-District honors.

Freshman Season (2022)
Started four of his nine appearances … Played a total of 308 minutes … Made his debut off the bench against Coastal Carolina (8/28) … Made his first collegiate start and played all 90 minutes at NC State (10/18) … Started four in a row against the Wolfpack, at Northeastern (10/22), North Carolina (10/25), and Monmouth (10/29) … Saw 89 minutes of action at Northeastern … Recorded a shot as a reserve vs. Longwood (9/6) and UNCW (10/15) … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Prep
Played U18 at FC Famalicao and Rio Ave FC … Helped Rio Ave reach the national play-offs becoming one of the eight best teams in Portugal … Competed for SC Braga U17 that was integrated with the U19 team during the COVID-19 shortened season … As a U16, played in the U17 National Championship with SC Braga … Played U15 at SC Braga in the national championship and ended the season b participating in Daraselia Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia … Played U14 at FC Porto in U15 national championship … Played in 11 international tournaments against the biggest teams in the world like Real Madrid, Juventus, Liverpool, PSG, Ajax … FC Porto won The LA Galaxy Cup, Torneo Jnternazionale Piacenza and Leiria Cup … Advanced to the finals before falling in Torneo lnternazionale Cremona against Juventus and in Wanda Cup against Atletico de Madrid … Rated as one of the best 11 players of Torneo Internazionale Cremona … Played U13 at Rio Ave FC and won the championship of Porto football association … Received the best player of the season award … Selected to play for the district team … Won first place in a 3000m run with 1600 participants in his district.
 
Personal
Son of Nuno Filipe da Silva Branco de Carvalho and Ana Sofia Correia Nogueira … Loves listening to music and going to the gym.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2022Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'9" 147 lbs
    5
  • 8

    2023Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'9" 147 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2024Junior

    Midfielder
    5'9" 147 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2025Senior

    Midfielder
    5'9" 147 lbs
    8