Gonçalo Paciência

Gonçalo Paciência
Personal information
Full nameGonçalo Mendes Paciência
Date of birth1 August 1994
Place of birthPorto, Portugal
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Porto B
Number39
Youth career
2002–2013Porto
2009–2010→ Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2013–Porto B34(14)
2015–Porto1(0)
National team‡
2009–2010Portugal U168(1)
2010–2011Portugal U1717(5)
2011–2012Portugal U184(2)
2013Portugal U199(7)
2013Portugal U202(0)
2014–Portugal U213(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 September 2014

Gonçalo Mendes Paciência (born 1 August 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Porto B 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]

Club statistics

As of 15 March 2015[5]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2013–14 195—195
2014–15 159—159
Total3414—3414
Porto 2014–15 10002100—31
Total10002100—31
Career Total3514002100—3715

Personal life

Paciência's father, Domingos, was also a footballer and a striker. He too was groomed at Porto.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.

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