Gonçalo Paciência
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gonçalo Mendes Paciência | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos (on loan from Porto) | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2013 | Porto | ||
| 2009–2010 | → Padroense (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Porto B | 35 | (14) |
| 2015– | Porto | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Académica (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 2016– | → Olympiacos (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 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– | Portugal U21 | 11 | (5) |
| 2016– | Portugal U23 | 4 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2016. | |||
Gonçalo Mendes Paciência (born 1 August 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Greek club Olympiakos 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]
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.[7] 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.[8][9][10]
Paciência was part of the squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics, netting three times in the group phase[11][12][13] 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.[14][15]
Club statistics
- As of 25 September 2016[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Porto B | 2013–14 | 19 | 5 | — | 19 | 5 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 9 | — | 16 | 9 | ||||||
| Total | 35 | 14 | — | 35 | 14 | ||||||
| Porto | 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Académica (loan) | 2015–16 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 4 | |
| Total | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | |
| Olympiakos (loan) | 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career Total | 64 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 19 | |
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência reforça Académica" [Gonçalo Paciência strengthens Académica] (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ "Στον Ολυμπιακό ο Πασιένσια" [Paciência to Olympiacos] (in Greek). Sport 24. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Perfect Portugal dispatch FYROM". UEFA.com. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Improved Italy fail to break Portugal down". UEFA.com. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Last-gasp Sweden join Portugal in U21 EURO semis". UEFA.com. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sweden beat Portugal on penalties to win U21 title". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Vitória na estreia" [Win in debut] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Portugal assegura primeiro lugar" [Portugal confirms first place] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Gonçalo Paciência". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
External links
- Gonçalo Paciência at thefinalball.com
- Gonçalo Paciência profile at ForaDeJogo
- Portuguese League profile (Portuguese)
- National team data (Portuguese)
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