Daniel Bragança

Daniel Bragança
Bragança with Sporting CP in 2021
Personal information
Full name Daniel Santos Bragança[1]
Date of birth (1999-05-27) 27 May 1999[1]
Place of birth Fazendas de Almeirim, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 23
Youth career
2007–2018 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Sporting CP 107 (14)
2019 → Farense (loan) 16 (2)
2019–2020 → Estoril (loan) 20 (4)
2026– Sporting CP B 1 (0)
International career
2017 Portugal U18 2 (1)
2018 Portugal U20 2 (1)
2019–2021 Portugal U21 13 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2021
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:33, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Daniel Santos Bragança (born 27 May 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP.

Club career

Born in Fazendas de Almeirim, Santarém District, Bragança spent his entire youth career with Sporting CP.[2] On 10 January 2019, he was loaned to LigaPro club Farense until the end of the season.[3] He scored his first goal on 14 April to open a 3–1 home win against Estoril,[4] and followed it five days later with another in a 1–1 draw with Penafiel also at the Estádio de São Luís.[5]

Bragança was loaned again to a second-tier side on 9 August 2019, this time Estoril.[6] He was sent off on 3 November for pulling the hair of Académico de Viseu's Kelvin Medina, and received a two-match ban.[7]

Bragança made his competitive debut on 24 September 2020 in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League at home to Aberdeen, as an 86th-minute substitute for Wendel in a 1–0 victory.[8] Three days later, he appeared in his first Primeira Liga game, a 2–0 away defeat of Paços de Ferreira where he featured 25 minutes in place of Luciano Vietto.[9] He finished the campaign with 25 official appearances – 21 in the league – for the champions, and was given an improved salary at its closure.[10]

On 18 December 2021, Bragança scored his first goal for the club, closing the 3–0 away defeat of Gil Vicente.[11] He missed the entire 2022–23 due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[12][13]

Bragança marked his 100th Sporting competitive appearance on 6 April 2024, in the 2–1 home win over Benfica in the Lisbon derby; he played 42 minutes in place of Hidemasa Morita.[14]

On 15 February 2025, early into the league fixture against Arouca, Bragança again injured the ACL of his knee (left one this time), going on to be sidelined for nearly one year.[15] He returned to action the following 4 January, featuring 28 minutes for Sporting's reserves in a 1–2 second-division loss to Académico Viseu.[16] Two weeks later, on his first appearance for the main squad since his comeback, he scored to close the 3–0 league victory over Casa Pia.[17]

International career

On 5 September 2019, Bragança won his first cap for the Portugal under-21 team, playing the entire 4–0 win against Gibraltar for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[18] Selected for the finals in Hungary and Slovenia,[19] he played all six games for the runners-up, starting in four.[20][21][22][23][24][25]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 May 2026[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Farense (loan) 2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 162————162
Estoril (loan) 2019–20 Liga Portugal 2 20420———224
Sporting CP 2020–21 Primeira Liga 21010201[a]000250
2021–22 Primeira Liga 26240105[b]000362
2023–24 Primeira Liga 28371319[a]0—475
2024–25 Primeira Liga 18320008[b]11[c]0294
2025–26 Primeira Liga 14 6 4 0 0 0 6[b] 0 0 0 24 6
Total 10714181612911016117
Sporting CP B 2025–26 Liga Portugal 2 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Career total 14420201612911020023
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Sporting CP

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Daniel Bragança" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Daniel Bragança: "Sacrifícios valem a pena"" [Daniel Bragança: "To sacrifice is worth it"]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sporting empresta Daniel Bragança ao Farense" [Sporting loan Daniel Bragança to Farense]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "André Vieira sai do banco para 'bisar' e dar vitória ao Farense sobre o Estoril Praia" [André Vieira comes off the bench to score brace and give Farense victory over Estoril Praia] (in Portuguese). TSF. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Farense empata com Penafiel e está apenas a dois pontos da zona de descida" [Farense draw with Penafiel and are just two points off relegation zone]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Travassos, Nuno (9 August 2019). "Sporting: Daniel Bragança emprestado ao Estoril" [Sporting: Daniel Bragança loaned to Estoril] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Puxão de cabelos a adversário dá dois jogos de castigo a Daniel Bragança" [Pulling hair of opponent gives two-game punishment to Daniel Bragança] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Kundert, Tom (24 September 2020). "Europa League: Rio Ave stun Besiktas as Sporting see off Aberdeen". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Uma vitória a 'Paços'. Sporting entra da melhor forma na I Liga" ['Step-by-step' (wordplay using similar word to that of opposing team, "Passos"/"Paços") victory. Sporting start I League in the best possible way] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. ↑ Gomes, Rui Miguel (20 June 2021). "Sporting: salário de Bragança aumenta para os 400 mil por época e contrato será renovado" [Sporting: Bragança salary increased to 400 thousand per season and contract will be renewed]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "VÍDEO: Daniel Bragança estreia-se a marcar e fecha vitória do Sporting" [VIDEO: Daniel Bragança has scoring debut and closes Sporting win] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Daniel Bragança deixa mensagem e é acarinhado: "Quem gosta de futebol..."" [Daniel Bragança leaves message and gets love: "Whoever likes football..."]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 12 July 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  13. ↑ Bártolo, Frederico (25 February 2023). "Com todas as cautelas: Daniel Bragança, médio do Sporting, deve voltar em abril" [Taking every precaution: Daniel Bragança, Sporting midfielder, must return in April]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  14. ↑ ""Título? Temos experiência suficiente para saber que ainda não acabou"" ["Title? We have experience enough to know that it's not over"] (in Portuguese). CNN Portugal. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  15. ↑ Vieira Rodrigues, Nuno (16 February 2025). "Daniel Bragança falha o resto da época por lesão" [Daniel Bragança misses rest of the season due to injury]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  16. ↑ Soares Ribeiro, João (4 January 2026). "João Gião destacou regresso de Bragança: «Entrou muito bem com momentos de grande classe»" [João Gião highlighted return of Bragança: "He came in really well with moments of great class"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "Daniel Bragança marca no regresso: «Acredito que as coisas não acontecem por acaso»" [Daniel Bragança scores on his return: "I believe things don't happen by chance"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 16 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  18. ↑ 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 12 February 2021.
  19. ↑ Kundert, Tom (16 March 2021). "Sporting duo Nuno Mendes and João Palhinha called into Portugal squad as Cédric earns recall". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  20. ↑ "Portugal 1–0 Croatia – UEFA U21 Euro group stage off to a winning start". PortuGOAL. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  21. ↑ Begley, Emlyn (28 March 2021). "England U21 0–2 Portugal U21: England's Euro hopes hang by a thread". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  22. ↑ "Portugal 3–0 Switzerland – Rui Jorge's side cruise into U21 European Championship quarter-finals". PortuGOAL. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  23. ↑ Marshall, Matthew (1 June 2021). "Portugal beat Italy in extra time to reach Euro U21 semi-finals". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  24. ↑ Maia, Vítor (3 June 2021). "Europeu sub-21: Espanha-Portugal, 0–1 (crónica)" [Under-21 Euro: Spain-Portugal, 0–1 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  25. ↑ "Highlights, report: Germany beat Portugal for third U21 EURO title". UEFA. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  26. ↑ Daniel Bragança at Soccerway
  27. ↑ Kundert, Tom (11 May 2021). "10 reasons why Sporting are Champions of Portugal". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  28. ↑ Kundert, Tom (6 May 2024). "Seven reasons Sporting are champions of Portugal". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  29. ↑ Kobylinska, Anita; Sarkar, Pritha (17 May 2025). "Sporting beat Vitoria to clinch Portuguese title". Reuters. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  30. ↑ "Sporting beat Benfica in cup final to complete double". Barron's. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  31. ↑ Ribeiro, Patrick (23 January 2021). "Sporting battle their way to League Cup glory with victory over Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  32. ↑ Ribeiro, Patrick (29 January 2022). "Sporting defend their Taça da Liga title in second-half turnaround versus Benfica". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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