Position: Midfielder
Height: 5-11
Born: September 13, 1998
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Previous Club: Minnesota United 2
Diogo Pacheco Bio
FC TULSA
2024
Diogo Pacheco signs with FC Tulsa ahead of the 2024 USL Championship Season
2022 – 2023 – Minnesota United FC 2
Pacheco stats include 1,594 minutes in 26 games played for the club. Pacheco also recorded a pass percentage of 75.4%.
College
Pacheco played four seasons for the NCAA Division 1 University of Akron.
In the 2021 season, Pacheco ranked among the top players in both goals (7) and assists (7). Pacheco earned accolades such as Third Team All-American selection by United Soccer Coaches, First Team Scholar All-American honoree by United Soccer Coaches, First-Team All-MAC, Academic All-MAC, First-Team All-Ohio honoree, and First-Team Academic All-Ohio. In 2020, he earned First-Team All-MAC, Second-Team United Soccer Coaches All-North/Central Region selection, MAC Distinguished Scholar recipient, and Academic All-MAC honoree. In 2019, despite facing injury challenges, Pacheco ranked third on the team in goals, earning recognition such as Academic All-MAC, Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Academic All-Ohio, and CoSIDA Academic All-America District nominee. In 2018, Pacheco managed five goals and two assists in 602 minutes
Prior to this collegiate and professional career, Pacheco helped his Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses club capture a vice-championship at the U-19 National Championship during the 2016-17 season.