João Diogo Jennings

João Diogo Jennings (born 13 January 1999), known as João Diogo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Portuguesa.

Career Born in Santarém, Pará, João Diogo played for the youth sides of Cruzeiro and Figueirense. After impressing with the latter's under-20 team, he was promoted to the main squad and renewed his contract until 2020 on 1 February 2019.

João Diogo made his senior debut on 24 February 2019, starting in a 1–1 Campeonato Catarinense home draw against Criciúma. He scored his first goal six days later, netting the winner in a 2–1 away success over Atlético Tubarão.

In August 2019, João Diogo signed a loan deal with the Ukrainian Premier League's Karpaty Lviv. Recalled in February 2020, he was released in July after just three appearances upon returning, due to "internal reasons".

On 28 July 2020, shortly after leaving Figueira, João Diogo signed for CRB. After two unused substitute appearances, he moved to Remo on 26 September, where he also only featured in two matches.

João Diogo began the 2021 season at URT, before being announced at Manaus on 17 June of that year. He agreed to a deal with Caldense on 18 November, and impressed with the side during the 2022 Campeonato Mineiro, scoring five goals in just ten appearances.

On 30 March 2022, Série C side Botafogo-SP announced the signing of João Diogo. Regularly used as the club achieved promotion, he asked to leave in November after his sexual assault accusations, and signed for Aparecidense.

In September 2023, João Diogo left Aparecidense and joined Sampaio Corrêa. He moved to Santa Cruz on 10 December, and after impressing in the 2024 Campeonato Pernambucano, he left for São Bernardo in March of that year after failing to agree new terms.

On 2 September 2024, João Diogo signed for Portuguese side Alverca, but left on 28 December after failing to feature in a matchday squad. He began the 2025 campaign at Betim before returning to Santa on 29 March, but featured rarely for the latter and left on 6 June, signing for Botafogo-PB the following day.

On 27 October 2025, ABC announced the signing of João Diogo for the 2026 season. He left the club by mutual consent the following 27 March, and was announced by Portuguesa five days later.

Personal life On 26 September 2022, João Diogo and Botafogo-SP teammates Lucas Delgado and Dudu Hatamoto were accused of sexual assault in Rio de Janeiro. Delgado was released by the club two days later, while Dudu and João Diogo were punished by Botafogo.

Career statistics

Honours Figueirense Recopa Catarinense: 2019