Diogo Jiahong Chen (born 1996) is a Portuguese

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player. He has been trained since an early age by

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, and professionally represents them at club level.

Career

Diogo Chen was born in 1996, in

Almada Almada () is a city and a municipality in Portugal, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon. The two cities are connected by the 25 de Abril Bridge. The population of the municipality in 20 ...

, Portugal. He has been trained at Sporting CP since 2002, where he was coached by his father, Chen Shichao. He 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. A national senior champion for Sporting CP in 2016, 2020, and 2024, he has also won Portuguese Cups and Super Cups.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Diogo 1996 births Living people Portuguese male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Portugal Sportspeople from Almada 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen