Diego Assis (footballer, born 1987)

Assi IF

Before playing football, Assis worked as a mechanic around the same time as playing amateur football.^[3] 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.^[3]

After signing a contract in 2011, Assis then helped the club get promoted to Norra Norrland.^[3] 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.^[4] Assis had interests from Swedish clubs before moving to Mariehamn.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7] Assis then scored three more goals later in the season against Lahti,^[8] Turun Palloseura^[9] and MYPA.^[10] 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.^[11]

After recovering from a knee injury ahead of the new season,^[12] Assis then made his return to the first team on 23 April 2014, in a 1-0 win over Turun Palloseura.^[13] Following this, Assis started sign of improvement when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 2-2 draw against Honka on 23 May 2014^[14] and his second goal of the season then came on 11 June 2014, in a 3-1 loss against TPS.^[15] After scoring against Inter Turku^[16] and Vaasan Palloseura,^[17] Assis scored a hat-trick on 10 August 2014, in a 4-1 win over Honka.^[18] After scoring in a 3-1 win over ROPS on 24 August 2014,^[19] Assis signed a two-year contract with the club, keeping him until 2016, three days later.^[20] Assis later scored four more goals in the season against Kuopion Palloseura^[21] and TPS (twice).^[22] Assis went on to finish the 2014, making twenty-four appearances and scoring eleven times in all competitions.

In the 2015 season, Assis started the season when he scored in the fourth round of the Finnish League Cup, in a 12-0 win over Tampere United^[23] and then scored his first league goal against VPS.^[24] Assis then scored twice on 17 May 2015, in a 2-0 win over FC Ilves.^[25] In the semi final of Finnish League Cup, Assis scored in a 5-1 win over HJK^[26] and in the final of the Finnish Cup, he scored a brace, in a 2-1 win over FC Inter.^[27] Assis finished the 2015 season, making thirty-eight appearances and scoring seven times in all competitions.

In the 2016 season, Assis started the season well when he scored four goals in fifteen appearances against Palloseura Kemi Kings,^[28] HIFK Fotboll,^[29] VPS^[30] and SJK.^[31] Assis then ended his fourteen league matches without scoring, in a 1-1 draw against ROPS on 14 October 2016.^[32] In the last game of the season, Assis came on as a substitute in the second half and scored the winning goal, in a 2-1 win over Ilves to secure the first ever Veikkausliiga Championship for the island club.^[33] Following the club's title win, Assis went on to make thirty-nine appearances and scored six times in all competitions.

Thai Honda

On 20 December 2016, Assis signed for Thai League T1 side Thai Honda.^[34]

Al-Ain

After leaving Persela, Assis signed for Saudi second-tier club Al-Ain in January 2019.^[35]

Club

IFK Mariehamn

• Veikkausliiga (1): 2016^[33]
• Finnish Cup (1): 2015