Vasco Faísca

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 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Maceratese
Youth career
1991–1996 Farense
1996–1999 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Sporting CP 0 (0)
1999–2000 → Lourinhanense (loan) 30 (0)
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– Maceratese 20 (1)
National team
2001–2002 Portugal U21 15 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 1 February 2016 (UTC).


Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira (born 27 August 1980), known as Faísca, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Italian club S.S. Maceratese 1922 as a defender.

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

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Faísca was a youth product of Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system. In the 2000 summer he was signed by Inter Milan alongside teammates Marco Caneira and Paulo Costa, in co-ownership with other clubs;[1] he was sold to Vicenza Calcio for 1,200 million lire (€619,748).[2]

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

In the 2005 summer 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 joined second level's Ascoli Calcio 1898, as part of the deal that involved Jonas Portin.[4] He suffered relegation at the end of 2012–13, terminating his contract which still had another year running.

International career

Faísca appeared for the Portuguese 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. ↑ "Tre giovani Portoghesi in prestito" [Three Portuguese youngsters on loan] (in Italian). Inter Milan. 21 June 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  2. ↑ FC Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (Italian)
  3. ↑ "Fifteen co-ownership agreements renewed". Inter Milan. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Movimenti di mercato" [Market moves] (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
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