Vasco Faísca

Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira (born 27 August 1980), known as Faísca, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a defender, and the manager of S.C. Braga B.

Vasco Faísca
Personal information
Full name Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira
Date of birth (1980-08-27) 27 August 1980
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Braga B (manager)
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)
National team
2001–2002 Portugal U21 15 (0)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Vianense (youth)[1]
2018–2019 Vilafranquense (assistant)
2019 Olhanense
2019– Braga B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Italy after starting out at Sporting, representing in the country Vicenza, Padova and Ascoli and appearing in one Serie A match with the first club.[2]

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Faísca was a product of Sporting CP's youth system. In the summer of 2000 he was signed by Inter Milan alongside teammates Marco Caneira and Paulo Costa, in co-ownership with other clubs;[3] he was sold to Vicenza Calcio for 1,200 million lire (€619,748).[4]

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.[5] Shortly after, however, he returned to Portugal and joined Académica de Coimbra, making his Primeira Liga debut and being an automatic first-choice (only two matches missed) as the Students narrowly avoided relegation.

In the 2005 off-season, Faísca signed for C.F. Os Belenenses, being fairly used in his first year but being deemed surplus to requirements soon afterwards. In January 2007 he returned to Italy, joining Serie C1 team Calcio Padova and winning promotion in his second full campaign.

On 31 August 2010, Faísca moved to second level's Ascoli Calcio 1898 as part of the deal that involved Jonas Portin.[6] He suffered relegation at the end of 2012–13, terminating his contract which still had another year running.

Until his retirement at the age of 37, and save for one year in the Superleague Greece with Platanias FC,[7] Faísca competed in the Italian lower leagues, where he represented S.S. Matera Calcio, S.S. Maceratese 1922 and Virtus Francavilla Calcio.[8] He started his senior managerial career as an assistant at U.D. Vilafranquense[9] and, on 5 February 2019, was named head coach of S.C. Olhanense.[10]

International career

Faísca appeared for the Portugal under-21 team at the 2002 UEFA European Championship in Switzerland, playing all group games as starter as the nation exited in that stage.

References
  1. "Sub19: novo treinador apresentado!" [Under19: new manager presented!] (in Portuguese). SC Vianense. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (2 February 2019). ""O treinador era muito religioso, levava um padre ao balneário e aquilo era para mim, por ser agnóstico: 'O Satanás está aqui dentro'"" [“The coach was very religious, he took a priest to the locker room and that was aimed at me, because I was agnostic: 'Satan is in here'”]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. "Tre giovani Portoghesi in prestito" [Three Portuguese youngsters on loan] (in Italian). Inter Milan. 21 June 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  4. FC Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
  5. "Fifteen co-ownership agreements renewed". Inter Milan. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  6. "Movimenti di mercato" [Market moves] (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  7. Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (24 March 2014). "Vasco Faísca, um emigrante com sorte" [Vasco Faísca, lucky immigrant] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  8. "Vasco Faisca firma con la Virtus Francavilla" [Vasco Faisca signs with Virtus Francavilla]. Cronache Maceratesi (in Italian). 17 July 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  9. "Vasco Faísca. "É o momento certo para jogar contra Itália"" [Vasco Faísca. "It's the right time to play Italy"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  10. Nascimento, Hélio (5 February 2019). "Vasco Faísca substitui Ivo Soares no banco do Olhanense" [Vasco Faísca replaces Ivo Soares on bench of Olhanense]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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