João Vigário

João Vigário
Personal information
Full name João Miguel Ribeiro Vigário[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Gondomar, Portugal[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back, winger
Team information
Current team
 Fafe
Number 13
Youth career
2004–2007 Ataense
2007–2012 Salgueiros
2013–2014 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Salgueiros 23 (6)
2014–2018 Vitória Guimarães B 96 (7)
2015–2019 Vitória Guimarães 20 (0)
2018–2019 → Estoril (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2020 Tondela 1 (0)
2020 → Nacional (loan) 4 (2)
2020–2021 Nacional 21 (1)
2021–2023 Paços Ferreira 1 (0)
2024 Lleida Esportiu 13 (0)
2024– Fafe 14 (1)
International career
2014–2015 Portugal U20 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:55, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

João Miguel Ribeiro Vigário (born 20 November 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back or winger for Fafe.

Club career

Born in Gondomar, Porto District, Vigário finished his development at Vitória S.C. after arriving from S.C. Salgueiros.[2] He made his senior debut with the latter's reserves in the Segunda Liga, playing his first match on 17 August 2014 in a 1–0 away loss against U.D. Oliveirense[3] and scoring his first goals the following 25 January in the 2–1 win at C.D. Feirense.[4]

Vigário appeared in his first competitive game for the first team on 28 January 2015, as a 66th-minute substitute for David Caiado in a 2–2 draw away to Boavista F.C. in the group stage of the Taça da Liga.[5] His Primeira Liga bow took place on 15 August in the first round of the new season, when he took the field for the last minutes of the 3–0 away defeat against FC Porto.[6][7]

In July 2018, Vigário was loaned to second-division club G.D. Estoril Praia.[8] He returned to the top flight in summer 2019, signing a two-year contract with C.D. Tondela.[9]

Vigário joined second-tier C.D. Nacional in January 2020, on loan.[10] He scored on his debut as the hosts beat U.D. Vilafranquense 5–1,[11] and the move was subsequently made permanent.[12][2] Following promotion as champions as the campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[13] he then scored his only goal in the main division on 13 February 2021 in a 2–3 home loss against S.C. Farense,[14] and the Madeirans were eventually relegated again.[15]

On 6 July 2021, Vigário agreed to a two-year deal at F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[16] He made only three official appearances at the Estádio da Mata Real due to injury problems,[17][18] and left in June 2023.[19]

Vigário moved abroad for the first time on 2 January 2024, signing a short-term contract with Segunda Federación side Lleida Esportiu.[20]

International career

Vigário won his first cap for Portugal at under-20 level on 17 November 2014, in a 1–1 friendly draw against England held in Coimbra.[21] Selected for the 2015 FIFA World Cup, he played once in an eventual quarter-final exit,[22] scoring in the 4–0 group-stage victory over Qatar.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "João Vigário" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Lateral-esquerdo João Vigário reforça o Nacional" [Left-back João Vigário bolsters Nacional]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 August 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Oliveirense-V. Guimarães B, 1–0: Golo de Sérgio dá o triunfo" [Oliveirense-V. Guimarães B, 1–0: Sérgio goal gives win]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 August 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Feirense-V. Guimarães B, 1–2: Triunfo com bis de João Vigário" [Feirense-V. Guimarães B, 1–2: Win with João Vigário brace]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Boavista-V. Guimarães, 2–2: Tabuleiro de testes sorriu à adolescência" [Boavista-V. Guimarães, 2–2: Test chessboard smiled to adolescence]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ^ Geraldo, Inês (15 August 2015). "FC Porto estreia-se a vencer com bis de Aboubakar" [FC Porto have winning debut with Aboubakar brace] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  7. ^ Palma, Tiago (15 August 2015). "Quem quer dar uma voltinha no carrossel de Lopetegui?" [Who wants a ride in Lopetegui's merry-go-round?]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  8. ^ Ferreira, Nuno Miguel (11 July 2018). "João Vigário reforça defesa" [João Vigário bolsters defence]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  9. ^ "João Vigário é reforço do Tondela" [João Vigário is addition to Tondela] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  10. ^ Pestana, Emanuel (28 January 2020). "João Vigário na Choupana" [João Vigário in Choupana]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Nacional-Vilafranquense, 5–1: Goleada com hat-trick de Riascos" [Nacional-Vilafranquense, 5–1: Rout with Riascos hat-trick]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  12. ^ Henriques, Paula (18 August 2020). "Nacional garante João Vigário" [Nacional confirm João Vigário]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Nacional e Farense com subidas acertadas à Liga NOS" [Nacional and Farense with arranged promotions to NOS League]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 May 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  14. ^ Milho, Marco (13 February 2021). "Nacional-Farense, 2–3 (crónica)" [Nacional-Farense, 2–3 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Farense desce, Rio Ave no playoff e Santa Clara na Europa: as contas finais da Liga NOS 2020/21" [Farense relegated, Rio Ave to playoffs and Santa Clara to Europe: the final maths of the 2020/21 Nos League]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Defesa esquerdo João Vigário reforça Paços de Ferreira" [Left-back João Vigário strengthens Paços de Ferreira]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  17. ^ Malacó, Pedro (9 August 2021). "João Vigário de fora dois meses" [João Vigário two months out]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Peixoto: "Gaitán? A equipa tem qualidade e não está dependente dele"" [Peixoto: "Gaitán? The team has skills and does not depend on him"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  19. ^ Calção, Armindo (1 June 2023). "Quinze jogadores acabaram contrato com o Paços de Ferreira" [Fifteen players ended contract with Paços de Ferreira]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  20. ^ "João Vigário, segon fitxatge blau del 2024" [João Vigário, second blue signing of 2024] (in Catalan). Lleida Esportiu. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  21. ^ Callow, James (17 November 2014). "Brilliant England U20s hot from the spot in Portugal". The Football Association. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Brazil through as profligate Portugal pay the penalty". FIFA. 14 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Goleada ao Qatar qualifica Portugal para os oitavos-de-final do Mundial sub-20" [Rout to Qatar qualifies Portugal for the under-20 World Cup's round of 16]. Público (in Portuguese). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2024.