Fausto Lourenço

Fausto
Personal information
Full name Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Miranda do Corvo, Portugal[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Académica de Coimbra
Youth career
1997–1998 Lousanense
2000–2001 Mirandense
2001–2002 Académica
2002–2003 Padroense
2003–2005 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Académica 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Tourizense (loan) 16 (3)
2007–2008 → Anadia (loan) 25 (8)
2008–2009 Lokomotiv Mezdra 17 (0)
2009–2010 Onisilos 9 (3)
2010–2011 Neuchâtel Xamax 9 (0)
2011–2012 Leixões 26 (2)
2012–2013 Atyrau 7 (0)
2013–2014 Tondela 9 (3)
2014 Académico Viseu 17 (2)
2014–2018 Freamunde 130 (16)
2018 Vilaverdense 15 (1)
2018–2019 Merelinense 31 (7)
2019–2020 Gondomar 23 (7)
2020–2023 Anadia 80 (36)
2023–2024 Académica de Coimbra 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024

Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço (born 19 January 1987), known simply as Fausto, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a forward.

Club career

Fausto was born in Miranda do Corvo, Coimbra District. An unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Porto, he began his professional career with Académica de Coimbra, but never appeared officially for the team, going on to serve loans at third division sides G.D. Tourizense and Anadia FC.[2]

In July 2008, Fausto moved to Bulgaria with FC Lokomotiv Mezdra in the First Professional Football League, failing to score as the club finished in eighth position. In the following years, he played in Cyprus and Switzerland.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Fausto Lourenço" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ Carmo, Vítor Hugo (4 February 2021). "Fausto Lourenço exorta a simbiose que deu a liderança ao Anadia FC no Campeonato de Portugal" [Fausto Lourenço exhorts symbiosis that put Anadia FC in first place of the Portugal Championship] (in Portuguese). AFA TV. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ Campos, João Pedro (7 April 2021). "Dormiu quatro horas e meia, foi pai e ainda marcou três golos" [He slept four and a half hours, became a father and still scored three goals]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2022.