Gonçalo Graça

Gonçalo Manuel Silva Graça (born 28 March 1990) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a right winger.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Graça.
Gonçalo Graça
Personal information
Full name Gonçalo Manuel Silva Graça
Date of birth (1990-03-28) 28 March 1990
Place of birth Vila do Conde, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2006–2009 Varzim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Varzim 26 (7)
2011–2014 Vitória Setúbal 4 (0)
2012–2013 → Leixões (loan) 35 (2)
2014–2016 Leixões 77 (2)
2016–2017 Tirsense 34 (6)
2017 Rebordosa 8 (0)
2018 Tirsense 3 (0)
2018–2019 Esposende 21 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2019

Football career

Born in Vila do Conde, Graça came through the youth ranks of nearby Varzim S.C. and made his professional debut on 1 August 2009 in the first round of the Taça da Liga away to C.D. Fátima, coming on as a last-minute substitute for Victor Júnior in a 2–0 loss. He was a regular in 2010–11 as the team from Póvoa de Varzim were relegated from the Liga de Honra, and scored seven goals including both in the first half of a 4–2 loss at C.F. Os Belenenses on 16 January 2011.[1]

Graça then moved to Vitória de Setúbal, making his Primeira Liga debut on 23 October 2011 in a 1–0 loss at C.S. Marítimo as a substitute for Tengarrinha. He made only two more appearances off the bench over the season, and his only start was on 18 January 2012 in the league cup third round loss by a single goal at F.C. Paços de Ferreira. In August, he returned to the second tier on loan at Leixões SC.[2]

From 2016, Graça dropped down to the district level, representing F.C. Tirsense, Rebordosa A.C.[3] and A.D. Esposende.

References
  1. "Belenenses-Varzim, 4-2: "Milagre" em Belém" [Belenenses-Varzim, 4-2: "Miracle" in Belém]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 January 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. "Hernâni operado à coluna" [Hernâni has spinal surgery] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. "Gonçalo Graça ruma a Rebordosa" [Gonçalo Graça heads to Rebordosa] (in Portuguese). Bancada Distrital. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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