Agostinho Cá

Agostinho Cá
Cá with Portugal U19 in 2012
Personal information
Full name Agostinho Odiquir Cá[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-24) 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. 1 2 3 4 "Agostinho Cá" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Coerts, Stefan (19 July 2012). "Barcelona sign Sporting Lisbon duo Agostinho Ca & Edgar Ie". Goal. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Navarro, Cristina (24 January 2014). "Agostinho Cá jugará en el Girona" [Agostinho Cá to play in Girona]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Agostinho Cá" (in Spanish). UEFA. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  14. ↑ "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.