Agostinho Cá

Agostinho Cá

Cá with Portugal U19 in 2012
Personal information
Full name Agostinho Odiquir Cá
Date of birth (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lleida Esportiu
(on loan from Barcelona)
Youth career
2008–2009 Oeiras
2009–2012 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012– Barcelona B 4 (0)
2014 → Girona (loan) 1 (0)
2015– → Lleida Esportiu (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2010 Portugal U17 3 (0)
2010–2012 Portugal U19 22 (2)
2012–2013 Portugal U20 17 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2015.

† Appearances (goals)

Agostinho Odiquir Cá (born 24 July 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club Lleida Esportiu on loan from FC Barcelona 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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