Diogo Jiahong Chen (born 1996) is a Portuguese table tennis player. Trained since an early age by Sporting CP, at club level he professionally represents the club.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Diogo Chen was born in 1996, in Almada, Portugal.[2] Trained at Sporting CP since 2002 where he was coached by his father, Chen Shi Chao, Diogo Chen is one of the most decorated table tennis players developed by the club. With a successful career in the sport, both at the club and with the Portuguese national table tennis team, Diogo has won several international medals and national titles. He made his senior debut in 2010 at the age of fourteen and joined Sporting CP's first team in 2012. A Portuguese international at the highest level, he became European team champion in 2014, an unprecedented feat for Portugal, having already won other medals in team competitions with the national team. He left Sporting CP in 2017 to play for TTC Frickenhausen in Germany returning to Sporting CP after four seasons with Metz TT in France.[3] A national senior champion for Sporting CP in 2016,[4] 2020 and 2024,[5] he also won Portuguese Cups and Super Cups.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ténis de Mesa: Diogo Chen e Olga Chramko sagram-se campeões nacionais". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ a b "Passado com futuro". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Tennis de table. Metz TT : Diogo Chen reste au club un an de plus". www.republicain-lorrain.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Diogo Chen sagrou-se campeão nacional de ténis de mesa". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Diogo Chen e Olga Chramko sagram-se campeões nacionais de ténis de mesa". Diogo Chen e Olga Chramko sagram-se campeões nacionais de ténis de mesa (in Portuguese). 2024-03-24. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Diogo Chen: Experiência alemã". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Diogo Chen feliz por ter "ajudado Portugal"". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Ténis de mesa luso com esperanças chinesas - Revista Macau" (in European Portuguese). 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2024-03-26.