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 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Canedo
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– Canedo 40 (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, correct as of 21:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Agostinho Odiquir Cá (born 24 July 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Canedo F.C. 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 FC 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 SD Huesca.[3]

After taking no part for Barça the following season, Cá was loaned to fellow league side Girona FC 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 CD 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 from 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 Calcio 1913 in September 2016,[8] but a potential transfer was eventually scuppered by a knee injury.[9] The following 1 April, he signed with FC Stumbras in Lithuania's A Lyga.[10]

In August 2018, Cá returned to his country of adoption and joined LigaPro club C.D. Cova da 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. ^ a b c d "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.
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