Vasco Faísca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Matera | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1996 | Farense | ||
| 1996–1999 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2000 | Sporting CP | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Lourinhanense (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Vicenza | 82 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Académica | 32 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Belenenses | 22 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Padova | 91 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Ascoli | 112 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Platanias | 26 | (1) |
| 2014– | Matera | 8 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2002 | Portugal U21 | 15 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira (born 27 August 1980), known as Faísca, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Italian club S.S. Matera Calcio as a defender.
He spent the vast majority of his career in Italy after starting out at Sporting, representing in the country Vicenza, Padova and Ascoli and appearing in one Serie A game with the first club.
Club career
Born in Lisbon, Faísca was a youth product of Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system. In the 2000 summer he was signed by Inter Milan alongside teammates Marco Caneira and Paulo Costa, in co-ownership with other clubs;[1] he was sold to Vicenza Calcio for 1,200 million lire (€619,748).[2]
Faísca stayed in Italy and played with Vicenza Calcio for four seasons – one game in Serie A in the 2000–01 campaign, the rest of his spell in Serie B – before the side acquired the full registration rights in June 2004.[3] Shortly after, however, he returned to Portugal and joined Académica de Coimbra, making his top level debuts and being an automatic first-choice (only two matches missed) as the Students narrowly avoided relegation.
In the 2005 summer Faísca signed for C.F. Os Belenenses, being fairly used in his first year but being deemed surplus to requirements soon afterwards. In January 2007 he returned to Italy, joining Serie C1 side Calcio Padova and winning promotion in his second full season.
On 31 August 2010 Faísca joined second level's Ascoli Calcio 1898, as part of the deal that involved Jonas Portin.[4] He suffered relegation at the end of 2012–13, terminating his contract which still had another year running.
International career
Faísca appeared for the Portuguese under-21 team at the 2002 UEFA European Championship in Switzerland, playing all group games as starter as the nation exited in that stage.
References
- ↑ "Tre giovani Portoghesi in prestito" [Three Portuguese youngsters on loan] (in Italian). Inter Milan. 21 June 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ↑ FC Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (Italian)
- ↑ "Fifteen co-ownership agreements renewed". Inter Milan. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ↑ "Transfer market" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Vasco Faísca profile at ForaDeJogo
- Stats at Tutto Calciatori (Italian)
- AIC Football profile (Italian)
- Soccerway profile