Dyego Rocha Coelho
Coelho ( born March 22, 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil), whose real name Dyego Rocha Coelho is a Brazilian football player.
He plays the position of right-back and currently plays for Atlético Mineiro.
Career
His professional career began in 2003, Coelho Corinthians São Paulo, where he was part of the senior squad until December 2006. Overall, he played 13 years with Corinthians, if you count the years in the youth divisions. From January 2007, Coelho was loaned to Atlético Mineiro, which each have a loan contract until the end of the season - had signed with Corinthians and the players - first only until December 2007, then again by the end of the 2008 season in December. For the season 2008/ 09 he was awarded the Italian Serie A to FC Bologna. The contract with Corinthians runs until July 2009. However, a return to Corinthians is considered unlikely because he had fallen in parts of the fans because of an own goal against CA River Plate in the Copa Libertadores in 2006, which had the resignation of the team resulted in disgrace is. For the 2009/10 season he was obliged Atlético Mineiro.
One of the strengths of Coelho include the standard situations. Through his strong right foot, he performs almost all corners and free kicks, which always cause a hazard. He is also a safe penalty taker. In addition, he repeatedly tried to intervene in the offensive game with his team and to support the attacking play with his flanks.
For polemic Coelho has made in the 2007 season with a hard foul on Kerlon. On September 16, 2007 in the city derby between rivals Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro EC during the Brazilian Championship ( Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol ), sat Kerlon to his famous " seal trick" to, in which he balances the ball on his head. Coelho has this viewed as a provocation and insult to his team ( Cruzeiro led to this point in a very dramatic and emotional derby 4-3 after already squandered a 2-0 lead had ) and Kerlon missed a hard body check. For this scene Coelho was subsequently a sending off and the sport court with a barrier of 120 days. This action has led to a very heated debate in the media, whether this trick Kerlon "art" is real or not. Coelho is 1.78 m tall, weighs 75 kg, and has played in 2003 a total of 6 games in the Seleção: 5 during the Pan American Games, and one during the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Officially, only one international match will be counted against him.
Achievements
- Campeonato Paulista ( state championship of São Paulo): 2003
- U- 20 Championships ( Junior World Cup 2003): 2003
- Brazilian football champions of the Série A: 2005
- Campeonato Mineiro ( Minas Gerais State Championship ): 2007