Francisco Trincão

Francisco António Machado Mota Castro Trincão (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃sˈiʃku tɾĩkˈɐ̃w̃]; born 29 December 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Barcelona and the Portugal national team.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Machado Mota Castro and the second or paternal family name is Trincão.
Francisco Trincão
Trincão with Braga in 2019
Personal information
Full name Francisco António Machado Mota Castro Trincão[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-29) 29 December 1999[1]
Place of birth Viana do Castelo, Portugal[2]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 17
Youth career
2008–2009 Vianense
2009–2010 Porto
2010–2011 Vianense
2011–2014 Braga
2014–2015 Palmeiras Braga
2015–2017 Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Braga B 46 (6)
2018–2020 Braga 33 (8)
2020– Barcelona 16 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Portugal U17 5 (0)
2017 Portugal U18 7 (1)
2017–2018 Portugal U19 18 (10)
2018–2019 Portugal U20 8 (2)
2019– Portugal U21 5 (1)
2020– Portugal 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 November 2020

He started his career with Braga B, making his debut with the first team in 2018 and winning the 2019–20 Taça da Liga in his second season with the club. In January 2020, he signed with Barcelona for a reported €31 million fee, with the deal made effective in July.

Trincão is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at various youth levels and being part of the under-19 team that won the 2018 European Championship where he was crowned top scorer. He made his senior international debut in 2020.

Club career

Braga

Born in Viana do Castelo, Trincão began his youth career with hometown club SC Vianense. He also had a spell at FC Porto and two at S.C. Braga, where he finished his development.[3]

Trincão made his senior debut on 2 April 2016 for Braga's reserves in Segunda Liga, as an 81st-minute substitute for Carlos Fortes in a 2–1 away loss against S.C. Freamunde.[4] He scored his first senior goal on 7 May 2017, but in a 2–3 home defeat to FC Porto B.[5] He scored five times in 2017–18, including twice on 1 October in a 5–4 home win over C.D. Nacional for a first victory of the season,[6] and signed a new five-year contract at the end.[7]

On 28 December 2018, Trincão played his first competitive match with the first team in a 4–0 victory at Vitória F.C. in the group stage of the Taça da Liga where he replaced Fransérgio in the 62nd minute.[8] Five days later, manager Abel Ferreira gave him a Primeira Liga debut when he came on for Dyego Sousa for the last four minutes of a home defeat of C.S. Marítimo.[9]

Trincão scored his first goal for Braga on 12 December 2019 in the last group phase game of the UEFA Europa League, also assisting in the 4–2 win at SK Slovan Bratislava as his team advanced in first place.[10] The following 4 January, given a first league start by new manager Rúben Amorim, he scored his first domestic league goal in a 7–1 away demolition of Belenenses SAD.[11] Three weeks later, he was a 50th-minute replacement for Galeno as the Arsenalistas won the league cup final against FC Porto at the Estadio Municipal de Braga.[12]

Barcelona

On 31 January 2020, FC Barcelona announced the transfer of Trincão, initially effective on 1 July.[13] He signed a five-year contract for a €31 million fee, with a buyout clause of €500 million.[14] He made his La Liga debut on 27 September, playing 12 minutes of the 4–0 home victory over Villarreal CF.[15] He was handed his first start on 20 October in the 5–1 home rout of Ferencvárosi TC in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, replacing Antoine Griezmann as the starting right winger and putting up a good performance.[16][17]

International career

Youth

In July 2018, Trincão was a member of the Portugal team which won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship beating Italy 4–3 after extra time; he scored once in the match in Seinäjoki, Finland.[18] Along with teammate Jota, he finished joint top scorer in the tournament with five goals, his others being braces against Norway in the first group fixture and Ukraine in a 5–0 semi-final rout.[19]

At the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, Trincão played all three games for Portugal and scored the only goal of the opening win against South Korea, though his side did not advance from the group.[20] He won his first cap at under-21 level on 5 September of that year, scoring once and being involved in two other goals in the 4–0 win over Gibraltar for the 2021 European Championship qualifiers.[21][22]

Senior

In August 2020, Trincão had his first senior call-up for UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Sweden the following month.[23] He made his debut on 5 September, replacing Bernardo Silva in the 78th minute of a 4–1 home defeat of the former.[24]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 February 2021[25]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Braga B 2015–16 LigaPro 40–––40
2016–17 51–––51
2017–18 305–––305
2018–19 70–––70
Total 466–––466
Braga 2018–19 Primeira Liga 6020––80
2019–20 2786071–409
Total 3388071–489
Barcelona 2020–21 La Liga 16030502[lower-alpha 1]0260
Career total 95141101212012015

International
As of match played 17 November 2020[26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 202060
Total60

Honours

Braga

Portugal

Individual

Notelist
  1. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

References
  1. "Trincão" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. "Francisco Trincão". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  3. "Francisco Trincão, do SC Braga, eleito atleta revelação de 2018 em Viana do Castelo" [Francisco Trincão, of SC Braga, voted revelation athlete of 2019 in Viana do Castelo]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 26 January 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. Ferreira Lima, Fábio (27 July 2018). "Trincão. O Mahrez do Minho que dá nas vistas no Euro de Sub-19 mas precisou de autorização dos pais para viajar com o Braga" [Trincão. The Mahrez of the Minho who shines at the Under-19 Euros but needed parental authorisation to travel with Braga]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  5. "Sp. Braga B-FC Porto B, 2–3: Vitória garante permanência aos dragões" [Sp. Braga B-FC Porto B, 2–3: Victory guarantees survival for the Dragons]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  6. "Chuva de golos dá triunfo do Braga B sobre o Nacional" [Rain of goals gives Braga B triumph over Nacional] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  7. Monteiro, André (6 July 2018). "Trincão renovou por cinco épocas" [Trincão renewed for five seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  8. "Ao minuto" [Live] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  9. "Sp. Braga bate Marítimo e fecha ferida da Luz" [Sp. Braga beat Marítimo and close wound from the Luz]. Público (in Portuguese). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  10. "Minhotos vencem grupo em grande estilo" [Minhotos win group in some style] (in Portuguese). Zap. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  11. Silva, Fernando André (5 January 2020). "Francisco Trincão estreia-se a marcar na I Liga" [Francisco Trincão scores for the first time in I League]. O Minho (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  12. Cole, Richard (25 January 2020). "Late Ricardo Horta strike wins the Taça da Liga for Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  13. Gonzalez, Roger (31 January 2020). "Transfer deadline day: Latest news and updates from Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga". CBS Sports. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  14. "Barcelona to sign Francisco Trincao from Braga & Matheus Fernandes from Palmeiras". BBC Sport. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  15. Carnerero, Fernando (27 September 2020). "Ansu Fati lidera el nuevo Barcelona" [Ansu Fati leads new Barcelona]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  16. "Barcelona's starting XI vs Ferencvaros: Griezmann left on the bench". Marca. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  17. "Barcelona start afresh with five-goal rout of Ferencvaros". Radio France Internationale. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  18. "Italy 3–4 Portugal". UEFA. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  19. Walker-Roberts, James (30 July 2018). "Domingos Quina, Moise Kean, Joao Filipe impress at Under-19 Euros". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  20. Fernandes, Mariana (25 May 2019). "Portugal vence Coreia do Sul na estreia no Mundial Sub-20 com golo de Trincão" [Portugal beat South Korea in opening game of the Under-20 World Cup with goal by Trincão]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  21. Gouveia, Ricardo (5 September 2019). "Euro Sub-21: Portugal-Gibraltar, 4–0 (destaques)" [Under-21 Euro: Portugal-Gibraltar, 4–0 (highlights)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  22. "Trincão e o golo frente a Gibraltar: «Tentei a minha sorte e correu bem»" [Trincão and the goal against Gibraltar: "I tried my luck and it went well"]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  23. "Rui Silva e Trincão em estreia absoluta nos convocados" [Rui Silva and Trincão called up for the very first time]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  24. "Portugal 4–1 Croatia: Holders ease to emphatic victory". UEFA. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  25. Francisco Trincão at Soccerway
  26. "Francisco Trincão". European Football. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  27. Woloszyn, Paul (29 July 2018). "Portugal pair share U19 EURO top scorers' prize". UEFA. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.