Diego Assis

Assi IF

Before playing football, Assis worked as a mechanic around the same time as playing amateur football. Assis had a big moment when he moved to Sweden in July 2010 to join Assi after being scouted in Europe, playing in the tournament. After signing a contract in 2011, Assis then helped the club get promoted to Norra Norrland. During his two-year spell at Assi, he scored 25 goals in 48 appearances.

IFK Mariehamn

On 23 October 2012, it was announced that Assis would join Finnish side Mariehamn on a free transfer for next season. Assis had interests from Swedish clubs before moving to Mariehamn. Despite losing all of the six matches in the group stage of the Finnish League Cup, Assis scored once in the group stage, in a 4-3 loss against Honka. Asis then scored his first goal for the club and set up one of the goals on his debut, in the opening game of the season, in a 3-1 win over RoPS on 14 April 2013. Assis then scored three more goals later in the season against Lahti, Turun Palloseura and MYPA. However, Assis finished the first season, making twenty-four appearances and scoring five times in all competitions after suffering a knee injury during a Europa League match against Inter Baku that ended his season. After recovering from a knee injury ahead of the new season, Assis then made his return to the first team on 23 April 2014, in a 1-0 win over Turun Palloseura. Following this, Assis started sign of improvement when he scored his first goal of the…

As of match played 11 February 2017

Assis is married and together, they have a son. In addition to speaking Portuguese, Assis also speaks English and Swedish since moving to Europe in 2010.

Club

IFK Mariehamn Veikkausliiga (1): 2016 Finnish Cup (1): 2015