Agostinho Cá
![]() Cá with Portugal U19 in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Agostinho Odiquir Cá[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Oeiras | ||
| 2009–2012 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Barcelona B | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Girona (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Lleida Esportiu (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Stumbras | 15 | (0) |
| 2017 | Stumbras B | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Cova Piedade | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Shabab Bourj | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Fontinhas | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Vitória Sernache | 20 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Canedo | 41 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Portugal U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Portugal U19 | 22 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U20 | 17 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:37, 27 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Agostinho Odiquir Cá (born 24 July 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Cá joined Sporting CP's youth system in 2009, aged 16. In the summer of 2012, after concluding his development, he moved to Barcelona in Spain alongside teammate and compatriot Edgar Ié.[2]
In Catalonia, Cá started playing with the B team in the Segunda División. He made his official debut on 31 October 2012, featuring three minutes as a substitute for Javier Espinosa in a 4–1 away win against Huesca.[3]
After taking no part for Barça the following season, Cá was loaned to fellow league side Girona on 24 January 2014.[4] He played only once for his new team, replacing Juanlu for the final 11 minutes of a 6–0 victory over Lugo at the Estadi Montilivi on 16 February.[5]
On 19 August 2015, Cá joined the third Catalan club of his career, being loaned alongside Joel Huertas to Lleida Esportiu in the Segunda División B.[6] After appearing in no competitive games during the campaign, his loan was cancelled a month early.[7]
Cá began a trial at Italian Lega Pro side Parma in September 2016,[8] but a potential transfer was eventually scuppered by a knee injury.[9] The following 1 April, he signed with Stumbras in Lithuania's A Lyga.[10]
In August 2018, Cá returned to his country of adoption and joined LigaPro club Cova Piedade.[11] After only two appearances, he left on 18 November for personal reasons.[12]
International career
Cá represented Portugal at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, playing three games in an eventual group stage exit.[13][14]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Agostinho Cá" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ Coerts, Stefan (19 July 2012). "Barcelona sign Sporting Lisbon duo Agostinho Ca & Edgar Ie". Goal. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ↑ Pettigrove, Jason (13 November 2012). "Huesca 1–4 Barcelona B: Barca youngsters take advantage of lax Huesca defence". Inside Spanish Football. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ↑ Navarro, Cristina (24 January 2014). "Agostinho Cá jugará en el Girona" [Agostinho Cá to play in Girona]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ "El Girona rompe su mala racha con una goleada" [Girona break their bad run of form with a goalfest]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 February 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ Rogé, Albert (19 August 2015). "Agostinho Cá y Huertas, cedidos al Lleida Esportiu; Amir, al CSKA" [Agostinho Cá and Huertas, loaned to Lleida Esportiu; Amir, to CSKA]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ González Pons, Jaime (18 May 2016). "El Lleida Esportiu rescinde el contrato de cesión de Agostinho Cá" [Lleida Esportiu terminate Agostinho Cá's loan contract] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ↑ Trupo, Guglielmo (21 September 2016). "Parma, in prova Agostinho Ca' dal Barcellona" [Parma, Barcelona's Agostinho Cá on trial] (in Italian). Parma Today. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ↑ Trupo, Guglielmo (20 October 2016). "Parma, l'infortunio di Agostinho Ca' e il mercato: la situazione" [Parma, Agostinho Cá's bad luck and the transfer: the situation] (in Italian). Parma Today. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ↑ "Skambus papildymas – buvęs "Barcelona" klubo ir Portugalijos rinktinių saugas" [Sound addition – former Barcelona and Portugal national team midfielder] (in Lithuanian). FC Stumbras. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ "OFICIAL: Agostinho Cá no Cova da Piedade" [OFFICIAL: Agostinho Cá in Cova da Piedade] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ↑ "Agostinho Cá rescinde contrato com o Cova da Piedade" [Agostinho Cá rescinds contract with Cova da Piedade]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 November 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ↑ "Agostinho Cá" (in Spanish). UEFA. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ↑ "Euro de sub-19: Sporting e Benfica em maioria nos convocados" [Under-19 Euro: Sporting and Benfica dominate squad] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
External links
- Agostinho Cá at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Agostinho Cá at BDFutbol
- Agostinho Cá national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Agostinho Cá at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Portuguese people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
- Sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
- 21st-century Bissau-Guinean sportsmen
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Footballers from Bissau
- Men's association football midfielders
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Sporting CP footballers
- C.D. Cova da Piedade players
- G.D. Vitória de Sernache players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- FC Barcelona Atlètic players
- Girona FC players
- Lleida CF players
- A Lyga players
- FC Stumbras players
- Lebanese Premier League players
- Shabab El Bourj SC players
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
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