Diego Maurício wants to be increasingly useful at Flamengo.
The striker has already played 18 games since being promoted and hopes to continue developing at Flamengo.
By From the team at Flamengo's official website - in
Diego Maurício's life, as he himself likes to say, "changed very quickly." The striker, who was always considered promising since his youth days, moved up to the professional team this year, had a very good debut, and established himself as a reliable option in Flamengo's professional squad. Proof of this is that he played in 18 of Flamengo's 27 games in the Brazilian Championship, starting in five of them.
The favorable moment, the attention from fans, especially on the player's Twitter profile, and the media interest are still somewhat new for Diego, who admits to being very happy with the recognition. Despite this, the number 49 keeps his feet on the ground and knows he still needs to work hard to become a great center forward and bring joy to Flamengo's fans. Religious, he thanks God for the opportunities and believes that Flamengo will be able to recover in the Brazilian Championship.
"I'm very happy with the moment I'm going through. First of all, I have to thank God. I know that the fans have been betting on me, on my football, and I'm very pleased with that. But I'm keeping my head in the right place, my feet on the ground, working hard, so that I can bring a lot of joy to the Nation. Every opportunity I have, I will give my best to take advantage of it and help Flamengo climb the table," he said.
A product of Flamengo's youth academy, Diego emphasizes that reaching this point in his career is a dream come true. At 19 years old, after overcoming many difficulties to take his first steps in football, he already has two goals wearing the Flamengo first team jersey.
"Those of us who grew up at Flamengo as if it were a second home know how important it is to reach the first team. It's truly a dream come true. I'm very happy to be having these opportunities and to know that I'm not alone, that many of my teammates and even players from other generations of the youth academy are also in the squad, like Lomba, Galhardo, Welinton... That's very rewarding," he concluded.
Diego Maurício and the Flamengo squad will report back to training this Monday at 15 PM at Ninho do Urubu to begin preparations for the match against Atlético-GO on Thursday in Volta Redonda.
The favorable moment, the attention from fans, especially on the player's Twitter profile, and the media interest are still somewhat new for Diego, who admits to being very happy with the recognition. Despite this, the number 49 keeps his feet on the ground and knows he still needs to work hard to become a great center forward and bring joy to Flamengo's fans. Religious, he thanks God for the opportunities and believes that Flamengo will be able to recover in the Brazilian Championship.
"I'm very happy with the moment I'm going through. First of all, I have to thank God. I know that the fans have been betting on me, on my football, and I'm very pleased with that. But I'm keeping my head in the right place, my feet on the ground, working hard, so that I can bring a lot of joy to the Nation. Every opportunity I have, I will give my best to take advantage of it and help Flamengo climb the table," he said.
A product of Flamengo's youth academy, Diego emphasizes that reaching this point in his career is a dream come true. At 19 years old, after overcoming many difficulties to take his first steps in football, he already has two goals wearing the Flamengo first team jersey.
"Those of us who grew up at Flamengo as if it were a second home know how important it is to reach the first team. It's truly a dream come true. I'm very happy to be having these opportunities and to know that I'm not alone, that many of my teammates and even players from other generations of the youth academy are also in the squad, like Lomba, Galhardo, Welinton... That's very rewarding," he concluded.
Diego Maurício and the Flamengo squad will report back to training this Monday at 15 PM at Ninho do Urubu to begin preparations for the match against Atlético-GO on Thursday in Volta Redonda.
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