Vasco Faísca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Virtus Francavilla | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1996 | Farense | ||
| 1996–1999 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Sporting CP | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Lourinhanense (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 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– | Virtus Francavilla | 15 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2002 | Portugal U21 | 15 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2016. |
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Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira (born 27 August 1980), known as Faísca, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Italian club Virtus Francavilla Calcio as a defender.
He spent the vast majority of his career in Italy after starting out at Sporting, representing in the country Vicenza, Padova and Ascoli and appearing in one Serie A game with the first club.
Born in Lisbon, Faísca was a product of Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system. In the 2000 summer he was signed by Inter Milan alongside teammates Marco Caneira and Paulo Costa, in co-ownership with other clubs; he was sold to Vicenza Calcio for 1,200 million lire (€619,748).
Faísca stayed in Italy and played with Vicenza Calcio for four seasons – one game in Serie A in 2000–01, the rest of his spell in Serie B – before his rights were acquired fully in June 2004. Shortly after, however, he returned to Portugal and joined Académica de Coimbra, making his Primeira Liga debuts and being an automatic first-choice (only two matches missed) as the Students narrowly avoided relegation.
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