Diodato Brando

Diodato Brando (born October 03, 1997), commonly known as Dio Brando, is a British Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liverpool Football Club.

Early life
Dio Brando was born in Bermondsey, London, to a poor family in the slums of the city.

His father, Dario Brando, helped to take care of George Joestar and his son Jonathan when they had an car accident. George adopted Dio in 2010 for gratitude to his father who died in that year.

Dio and Jonathan joined the Everton F.C. Academy and played together until Dio left Everton to join their rivals Liverpool in mid 2013.

Liverpool
In 29 October 2013, Brando made his professional debut when he came off the bench in a EFL Cup match against Swansea City at the age of 16.

He made his Premier League debut in 26 December 2013, when he came off the bench in a home match against Manchester United. Brando scored one goal in that game and broke the Liverpool and the Premier League record for the youngest player to score in a league match, at the age of 16 years and 84 days.

He made his European debut in a UEFA Europa League group match on 15 September 2016 against FC Kobenhavn, and his FA Cup debut in a 4th Round match on 21 January 2017 against Norwich City, where he scored a goal. Liverpool went on to win both of these trophies, with the contribution of Brando.

Youth National Team
He made his international debut for Italy Under-19 in a friendly match against the Slovakia U-19 in 13 August 2013.

He scored his first international goal in 14 May 2014, against the Finland U-19 in a UEFA Under-19 Championship Qualifiers match.

On 13 November 2014 he debuted for the Italy Under-21 side in a friendly against Japan U-21. He also scored his first goal for the side in the match.

He played the 2016 Olympics for the Italy Under-23 team at the age of 19.

On June 2017 he took part of the Italy Under-20 team who would go on to win the Toulon Tournament.

On June 2018 he started playing for the English Under-21 national team, he made his debut on 6 June in a friendly against Croatia U-21, and scored two goals on the next friendly in 8 June against Germany U-21.

Personal life
Dio is the adopted brother of the Everton midfielder Jonathan Joestar.

Club
Liverpool
 * FA Cup: 2016-17
 * UEFA Europa League: 2016-17

International
Italy Under-20
 * Toulon Tournament: 2017