Gonçalo Paciência
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gonçalo Mendes Paciência | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Académica (on loan from Porto) | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2013 | Porto | ||
| 2009–2010 | → Padroense (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013– | Porto B | 35 | (14) |
| 2015– | Porto | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Académica (loan) | 23 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Portugal U16 | 8 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Portugal U17 | 17 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U18 | 4 | (2) |
| 2013 | Portugal U19 | 9 | (7) |
| 2013 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014– | Portugal U21 | 11 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2016. | |||
Gonçalo Mendes Paciência (born 1 August 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra on loan from FC Porto as a striker.
Club career
Born in Porto, Paciência joined FC Porto's youth system at the age of only 8. He made his senior debut on 12 January 2014, starting for the B-team in a 2–0 home win against Portimonense SC for the second division championship.[1] He scored his first goals in the competition on 22 March, helping to a 2–2 away draw against C.D. Feirense.[2]
Paciência first appeared in competitive games with the main squad on 21 January 2015, again acting as starter in a 1–1 draw at S.C. Braga for the Portuguese League Cup.[3] He netted his first goal in the same competition, in a 4–1 home success over Académica de Coimbra that took place the following week.[4]
On 29 July 2015, Paciência joined Académica in a season-long loan.[5]
Personal life
Paciência's father, Domingos, was also a footballer and a striker. He too was groomed at Porto.[6][7]
Club statistics
- As of 5 December 2015[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Porto B | 2013–14 | 19 | 5 | — | 19 | 5 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 9 | — | 16 | 9 | ||||||
| Total | 35 | 14 | — | 35 | 14 | ||||||
| Porto | 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Académica (loan) | 2015–16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| Total | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Career Total | 46 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 17 | |
References
- ↑ "FC Porto-Portimonense, 2–0: Dragões tiram algarvios da liderança" [FC Porto-Portimonense, 2–0: Dragons remove algarvios from the first place] (in Portuguese). Record. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Feirense-FC Porto B, 2–2: Líder empata na Feira" [Feirense-FC Porto B, 2–2: Líder draws in Feira] (in Portuguese). Record. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência: "Um dia que nunca vou esquecer"" [Gonçalo Paciência: "A day I will never forget"] (in Portuguese). Record. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência: "Marcar foi uma sensação especial"" [Gonçalo Paciência: "To score was a special feeling"] (in Portuguese). Record. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência reforça Académica" [Gonçalo Paciência strengthens Académica] (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência: o goleador com pés de maestro" [Gonçalo Paciência: the goal scorer with the feet of a maestro] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência é muito diferente do pai" [Gonçalo Paciência is very different from his father] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
External links
- Gonçalo Paciência at footballzz.co.uk
- Gonçalo Paciência profile at ForaDeJogo
- Portuguese League profile (Portuguese)
- National team data (Portuguese)
- Gonçalo Paciência profile at Soccerway
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