Diogo Verdasca

Diogo Verdasca
Personal information
Full name Diogo Sousa Verdasca
Date of birth (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Zaragoza
Youth career
2004–2005 Avintes
2005–2006 Oliveira Douro
2006–2010 Porto
2010–2012 Boavista
2012–2015 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Porto B 51 (2)
2017– Zaragoza 0 (0)
National team‡
2012 Portugal U16 6 (0)
2012 Portugal U17 9 (0)
2013–2014 Portugal U18 7 (0)
2015 Portugal U19 2 (0)
2016– Portugal U20 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 May 2016

Diogo Sousa Verdasca (born 26 October 1996) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Zaragoza as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Porto, Verdasca played youth football for four clubs, including local FC Porto in two different spells.[1] On 9 August 2015 he made his senior debut, playing 81 minutes for the reserves in a 1–2 home loss to Portimonense S.C. for the Segunda Liga;[2] he scored twice during his first season, against C.D. Feirense (2–0 home win)[3] and S.L. Benfica B (3–1, also at home), as they won the championship but were ineligible for promotion.[4]

In February 2016, 19-year-old Verdasca was called to the first team for the first time, for a UEFA Europa League match at Borussia Dortmund, but remained an unused substitute in the 0–2 away loss.[5][6] On 17 July of the following year, he signed a three-year contract with Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Verdasca, o sucessor de Maicon?" [Verdasca, Maicon's successor?] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "FC Porto B-Portimonense, 1–2: mais um milagre de André Carvalhas" [FC Porto B-Portimonense, 1–2: yet another miracle by André Carvalhas] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "FC Porto B-Feirense, 2–0: Dragões resolvem jogo na primeira meia hora" [FC Porto B-Feirense, 2–0: Dragons decide game in first thirty minutes]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Título festejado com vitória no clássico" [Title celebrated with win in classic] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lukasz Piszczek and Marco Reus score as Dortmund control Porto in first leg". ESPN FC. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Dortmund-FC Porto: Peseiro esteve em risco de perder o único central que tinha" [Dortmund-FC Porto: Peseiro nearly lost the only stopper he had] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "El central portugués Diogo Verdasca se compromete con el Real Zaragoza por tres temporadas" [The Portuguese stopper Diogo Verdasca signs with Real Zaragoza for three seasons] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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