Paulo da Cruz Diogo (born 21 April 1975) is a Swiss former professional footballer of Portuguese descent.

By way of celebration, he jumped up on the metal perimeter fence separating the fans from the pitch.

Unnoticed by him, his wedding ring caught in the barrier (Diogo had married not long before).

[2] To add insult to injury, referee Florian Etter then penalized him with a yellow card for excessive time-wasting with his "celebrations".

Later that night, Diogo was taken to a Zürich hospital, but the doctors failed to re-attach the severed part of the finger and advised that the remaining part of his finger be amputated to the first joint.