Felipe Diogo

Felipe Diogo Bernardes Ferreira (19 January 2002 – 31 October 2023), better known as Felipe Diogo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward for São Bernardo.

Felipe Diogo

Personal information
Full name	Felipe Diogo Bernardes Ferreira
Date of birth	(2002-01-19)19 January 2002
Place of birth	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death	31 October 2023(2023-10-31) (aged 21)
Place of death	Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
2017–2018	Comercial-SP
2018	Cruzeiro
2019	Botafogo-SP
2020–2021	Avaí
2021–2022	São Bernardo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–2023	São Bernardo	18	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

With spells at Comercial, Botafogo, Cruzeiro and Avaí at youth level, Diogo only played professionally for São Bernardo, in the 2022 and 2023 seasons.^[1]

Death

Felipe Diogo was shot dead in his hometown, Ribeirão Preto, during the player vacations after the end of the 2023 São Bernardo FC season. He was hit 10 times and died at the scene. Diogo was 21.^[2] The motives for the homicide remain under investigation.

See also

• List of association football players who died during their careers