Daniel Bragança

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is 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 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Fazendas de Almeirim, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 23
Youth career
2007–2018 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Sporting CP 88 (8)
2019 → Farense (loan) 16 (2)
2019–2020 → Estoril (loan) 20 (4)
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-up 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:11, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

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

Club career

Born in Fazendas de Almeirim, Santarém District, Bragança spent his entire youth career with Sporting CP.[3] On 10 January 2019, he was loaned to LigaPro club Farense until the end of the season.[4] He scored his first goal on 14 April to open a 3–1 home win against Estoril,[5] and followed it five days later with another in a 1–1 draw with Penafiel also at the Estádio de São Luís.[6]

Bragança was loaned again to a second tier side on 9 August 2019, this time Estoril.[7] He was sent off on 3 November for pulling the hair of Académico de Viseu's Kelvin Medina, and received a two-match ban.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10] He finished the campaign with 25 official appearances – 21 in the league – for the champions, and was given an improved salary at its closure.[11]

On 18 December 2021, Bragança scored his first goal for the club, closing the 3–0 away defeat of Gil Vicente.[12] He missed the entire 2022–23 due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[13][14]

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.[15]

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.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 December 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Farense (loan) 2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 16 2 — — — — 16 2
Estoril (loan) 2019–20 Liga Portugal 2 20 4 2 0 — — — 22 4
Sporting CP 2020–21 Primeira Liga 21 0 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 0 0 25 0
2021–22 Primeira Liga 26 2 4 0 1 0 5[b] 0 0 0 36 2
2023–24 Primeira Liga 28 3 7 1 3 1 9[a] 0 — 47 5
2024–25 Primeira Liga 13 3 2 0 0 0 5[b] 1 1[c] 0 21 4
Total 88 8 14 1 6 1 20 1 1 0 129 11
Career total 124 14 16 1 6 1 20 1 1 0 167 17
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Sporting CP

References

  1. ^ a b "Daniel Bragança" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Daniel Bragança" (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Daniel Bragança: "Sacrifícios valem a pena"" [Daniel Bragança: "To sacrifice is worth it"]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Sporting empresta Daniel Bragança ao Farense" [Sporting loan Daniel Bragança to Farense]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 January 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Kundert, Tom (24 September 2020). "Europa League: Rio Ave stun Besiktas as Sporting see off Aberdeen". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ ""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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Daniel Bragança at Soccerway
  18. ^ Kundert, Tom (11 May 2021). "10 reasons why Sporting are Champions of Portugal". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  19. ^ Kundert, Tom (6 May 2024). "Seven reasons Sporting are champions of Portugal". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  20. ^ Ribeiro, Patrick (23 January 2021). "Sporting battle their way to League Cup glory with victory over Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  21. ^ Ribeiro, Patrick (29 January 2022). "Sporting defend their Taça da Liga title in second-half turnaround versus Benfica". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 30 January 2022.