Agostinho Cá

Agostinho Cá

Cá with Portugal U19 in 2012
Personal information
Full nameAgostinho Odiquir Cá
Date of birth24 July 1993
Place of birthBissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Barcelona B
Youth career
2008–2009Oeiras
2009–2012Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–Barcelona B4(0)
2014Girona (loan)1(0)
National team
2010Portugal U173(0)
2010–2012Portugal U1922(2)
2012–2013Portugal U2017(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Agostinho Odiquir Cá (born 24 July 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona B as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Cá joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system in 2009, aged 16. In the 2012 summer, after concluding his formation, he moved to FC Barcelona in Spain alongside teammate and countryman Edgar Ié.[1]

In Catalonia Cá started playing with the B-team, in Segunda División. He made his official debut on 31 October 2012, playing three minutes in a 4–1 away win against SD Huesca.[2]

International career

Cá represented Portugal at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, playing three games in an eventual group stage exit.[3][4]

References

  1. Coerts, Stefan (19 July 2012). "Barcelona sign Sporting Lisbon duo Agostinho Ca & Edgar Ie". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. Pettigrove, Jason (13 November 2012). "Huesca 1–4 Barcelona B: Barca youngsters take advantage of lax Huesca defence". Inside Spanish Football. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  3. "Agostinho Cá" (in Spanish). UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  4. "Euro de sub-19: Sporting e Benfica em maioria nos convocados" [U-19 Euro: Sporting and Benfica dominate squad] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

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