Vasco Faísca
Portuguese footballer and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira (born 27 August 1980), known as Faísca, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central defender, currently a manager.
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Full name | Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1980-08-27) 27 August 1980 (age 43)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1996 | Farense | ||
1996–1998 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2000 | Sporting CP | 0 | (0) |
1998–2000 | → Lourinhanense (loan) | 57 | (1) |
2000–2004 | Vicenza | 82 | (1) |
2004–2005 | Académica | 32 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Belenenses | 22 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Padova | 91 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Ascoli | 112 | (3) |
2013–2014 | Platanias | 26 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Matera | 28 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Maceratese | 35 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Virtus Francavilla | 18 | (0) |
Total | 503 | (7) | |
International career | |||
1999–2000 | Portugal U18 | 9 | (0) |
2000 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
2000–2002 | Portugal U21 | 15 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2017–2018 | Vianense (youth) | ||
2018–2019 | Vilafranquense (assistant) | ||
2019 | Olhanense | ||
2019–2021 | Braga B | ||
2021 | Alverca | ||
2021–2023 | Farense | ||
2023–2024 | Belenenses | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Italy after starting out at Sporting CP, representing in the country Vicenza, Padova and Ascoli and appearing in one Serie A match with the first club.[2]