Gonçalo Paciência

Gonçalo Paciência
Personal information
Full name Gonçalo Mendes Paciência
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Vitória Setúbal (loan from Porto)
Number 9
Youth career
2002–2013 Porto
2009–2010 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Porto B 35 (14)
2015– Porto 1 (0)
2015–2016 → Académica (loan) 27 (3)
2017 → Rio Ave (loan) 15 (1)
2017–2018 → Vitória Setúbal (loan)
National team‡
2009–2010 Portugal U16 8 (1)
2010–2011 Portugal U17 17 (5)
2011–2012 Portugal U18 4 (2)
2013 Portugal U19 9 (7)
2013 Portugal U20 2 (0)
2014–2017 Portugal U21 17 (6)
2016– Portugal U23 4 (3)
* 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 23 June 2017

Gonçalo Mendes Paciência (born 1 August 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória F.C. on loan from FC Porto 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]

On 29 July 2015, Paciência joined Académica in a season-long loan.[5] On 31 August 2016, still owned by Porto, he moved to Olympiakos FC.[6] His spell at the latter club, which was undermined by heart problems, was concluded in December.[7][8]

International career

Paciência earned 51 caps for Portugal at youth level. His first for the under-21 team arrived on 5 March 2014 at the age of 19, when he started and missed a second-half penalty in a 2–0 home win against Macedonia for the 2015 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[9] Selected for the finals in the Czech Republic, he collected three substitute appearances for the runners-up, scoring in the 1–1 group stage draw to Sweden and converting his shootout attempt in the final against the same opponent.[10][11][12]

Paciência was part of the squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics, netting three times in the group phase[13][14][15] in an eventual quarter-final exit.

Personal life

Paciência's father, Domingos, was also a footballer and a striker. He too was groomed at Porto.[16][17]

Club statistics

As of 25 September 2016[18]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2013–14 195—195
2014–15 169—169
Total3514—3514
Porto 2014–15 1000310041
Académica (loan) 2015–16 2732110—304
Total283214100345
Olympiakos (loan) 2016–17 1000000010
Career Total64172141007019

References

  1. ↑ "FC Porto-Portimonense, 2–0: Dragões tiram algarvios da liderança" [FC Porto-Portimonense, 2–0: Dragons remove algarvios from the first place]. Record (in Portuguese). 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]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência: "Um dia que nunca vou esquecer"" [Gonçalo Paciência: "A day I will never forget"]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência: "Marcar foi uma sensação especial"" [Gonçalo Paciência: "To score was a special feeling"]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência reforça Académica" [Gonçalo Paciência strengthens Académica] (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Στον Ολυμπιακό ο Πασιένσια" [Paciência to Olympiacos] (in Greek). Sport 24. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência voltou para exames ao coração" [Gonçalo Paciência returned for cardiac examination]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 28 October 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência rescinde com Olympiakos" [Gonçalo Paciência cuts ties with Olympiakos] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Perfect Portugal dispatch FYROM". UEFA.com. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Improved Italy fail to break Portugal down". UEFA.com. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Last-gasp Sweden join Portugal in U21 EURO semis". UEFA.com. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Sweden beat Portugal on penalties to win U21 title". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Vitória na estreia" [Win in debut] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Portugal vence e garante quartos de final" [Portugal wins and confirms quarter-finals] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Portugal assegura primeiro lugar" [Portugal confirms first place] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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