Kiko (footballer, born 1993)

Kiko
Personal information
Full name Francisco Manuel Geraldo Rosa[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Alcácer do Sal, Portugal[2]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Anorthosis Famagusta
Number 23
Youth career
2001–2003 Alcacerense
2003–2012 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Vitória Setúbal 21 (0)
2015–2016 → Académico Viseu (loan) 22 (3)
2016–2017 Port Vale 21 (0)
2017–2018 Académico Viseu 23 (0)
2018–2019 Arouca 28 (0)
2019–2020 Olympiakos Nicosia 21 (2)
2020–2022 Omonia 23 (1)
2022– Anorthosis Famagusta 33 (1)
International career
2012 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal U20 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:50, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Francisco Manuel Geraldo Rosa (born 20 January 1993), known as Kiko, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a left-back for First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta.

A Portugal under-20 international, he made his debut in the Primeira Liga with Vitória Setúbal in January 2012. He was loaned out to Académico Viseu for the 2015–16 season. He signed with English club Port Vale in July 2016. He returned to Portugal after one season in England and joined Académico de Viseu. He signed with Arouca in May 2018 before moving to the Cypriot First Division with Olympiakos Nicosia in July 2019. He moved on to Omonia 12 months later and helped the club to win the league title in the 2020–21 season and the Cypriot Cup the following season. He switched to Anorthosis Famagusta in July 2022.

Club career

Vitória Setúbal

Kiko began his career with Vitória Setúbal and was given his Primeira Liga debut by head coach Bruno Ribeiro on 6 January 2012, in a 1–1 draw with Académica at the Estádio do Bonfim.[3] He returned to play for the youth team after Ribeiro was replaced as head coach by José Mota the following month, and made sporadic appearances over the 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14 campaigns. He featured 13 times in the 2014–15 season under first Domingos Paciência and then returning head coach Bruno Ribeiro. However, he was judged surplus to requirement by the new head coach Quim Machado. He spent the 2015–16 season on loan at LigaPro club Académico Viseu.[4] He briefly played under Bruno Ribeiro at Académico Viseu, though was initially signed by Ricardo Chéu. He scored three goals in 24 appearances for Académico Viseu, finishing in 17th place.

Port Vale

Kiko signed a two-year contract with EFL League One club Port Vale in July 2016 after being recruited by former Vitória Setúbal coach Bruno Ribeiro.[5] He began the 2016–17 season out injured after damaging his Achilles in pre-season; his injury left Vale without a specialist full-back as Adam Yates also picked up an injury in pre-season.[6] He made his first-team debut for the "Valiants" on 30 August, in a 1–0 win over Derby County U23 in the EFL Trophy.[7] However, Ribeiro resigned in December, and caretaker manager Michael Brown signed Scott Tanser to play at left-back, leaving Kiko out of the first-team for the first six weeks of 2017.[8] He left Port Vale following the club's relegation in May 2017 after he and Brown came to a mutual agreement to end his contract.[9]

Return to Portugal

Kiko returned to Portugal and signed with LigaPro club Académico Viseu in July 2017.[10] He made 23 appearances during the 2017–18 campaign as Académico posted a fifth-place finish.

On 30 May 2018, Kiko signed with LigaPro rivals Arouca.[11][12] However, Cypriot club Doxa Katokopias claimed that he had also signed a contract with them, and said they would pursue legal action with FIFA.[13] He remained with Arouca, and made 31 appearances during the 2018–19 season, picking up ten yellow cards, as Arouquenses were relegated to the Campeonato de Portugal.

Cyprus

Kiko joined Cypriot First Division club Olympiakos Nicosia in July 2019.[14] He scored two goals in 23 games during the 2019–20 season, which was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus.[15]

He joined league rivals Omonia in July 2020.[16] Henning Berg led Omonia to the Cypriot championship at the end of the 2020–21 season. However, Kiko played just seven league games.[17][18] Kiko featured 18 times in the 2021–22 campaign and was given a start by manager Neil Lennon in the final of the Cypriot Cup as Omonoia defeated Ethnikos Achna on penalties following a 0–0 draw.[17][19] He left the club in May 2022.[20]

Kiko remained in the Cypriot First Division as on 6 July 2022, he signed a two-year contract with Anorthosis Famagusta.[21] He played seventeen games in the 2022–23 campaign, scoring one goal.[17] He again featured 17 times in the 2023–24 season.[17]

International career

Rosa won caps for the Portugal under-19 and under-20 teams and was named in the squads for both the 2013 Toulon Tournament and the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played three games in the Toulon Tournament, as Portugal finished in fourth place following a 2–1 defeat to France in the third place play-off at the Stade du Ray in Nice, France. He featured once in the U-20 World Cup, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 5–0 win over Cuba at the Kadir Has Stadium in Kayseri, Turkey.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 May 2024
Club Season Division League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vitória Setúbal
2011–12[23] Primeira Liga 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
2012–13[23] Primeira Liga 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2013–14[23] Primeira Liga 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
2014–15[23] Primeira Liga 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0
2015–16[23] Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 21 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 29 0
Académico Viseu (loan) 2015–16[23] LigaPro 22 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 24 3
Port Vale 2016–17[24] EFL League One 21 0 2 0 0 0 3[c] 0 26 0
Académico Viseu 2017–18[23] LigaPro 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Arouca 2018–19[23] LigaPro 28 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 31 1
Olympiakos Nicosia 2019–20[17] Cypriot First Division 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 2
Omonia 2020–21[17] Cypriot First Division 7 1 1 0 0 0 4[d] 0 12 1
2021–22[17] Cypriot First Division 16 0 2 0 0 0 6[e] 0 24 0
Total 23 1 3 0 0 0 10 1 36 1
Anorthosis Famagusta 2022–23[17] Cypriot First Division 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
2023–24[17] Cypriot First Division 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Total 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 1
Career total 192 7 14 0 8 1 13 0 226 8
  1. ^ Appearances and goals in the Taça de Portugal and FA Cup.
  2. ^ Appearances and goals in the Taça da Liga and EFL Cup.
  3. ^ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
  4. ^ 1 appearance in the UEFA Champions League and 3 appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
  5. ^ 2 appearances in the UEFA Europa League and 4 appearances in the UEFA Conference League.

Honours

Omonia

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2016/2017". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Liga ZON Sagres - Day 14". foradejogo.net. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. ^ "V. Setúbal empresta Kiko ao Académico de Viseu". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 21 August 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. ^ Baggaley, Mike (5 July 2016). "Port Vale sign Portuguese left back Kiko". The Sentinel. Retrieved 5 July 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Port Vale: Kiko and Michael Brown getting close to fitness". The Sentinel. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Match Report". Port Vale F.C. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  8. ^ Baggaley, Mike (21 February 2017). "Kiko committed to Port Vale as Valiants fight for safety". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Port Vale: Thirteen senior players leave club after relegation to League Two". BBC Sport. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Lateral Kiko está de regresso ao Académico de Viseu". DSport (in European Portuguese). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Oficial: Kiko reforça defesa do Arouca". O Jogo (in European Portuguese). 17 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Arouca anuncia contratação de Kiko". Record PT (in European Portuguese). 17 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  13. ^ "ABOLA.PT - Liga 2 - Kiko terá assinado pelo Arouca… e pelo Doxa". Abola.pt (in Portuguese). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Olympiakos Nicosia / Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Δ.Σ. ΚΟΠ: Απόφαση για διακοπή του Πρωταθλήματος Cyta και του Κυπέλλου Coca - Cola". Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου. 15 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Ομόνοια: Τριφυλλοφόρος… διετίας με κάθε επισημότητα ο Κίκο! | Goal News Cy" (in Greek). 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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  19. ^ a b Elder, Matthew (25 May 2022). "Neil Lennon first trophy with Omonia Nicosia sees former Celtic boss red carded after touchline meltdown". The Scotsman. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  20. ^ ""Διαζύγιο" και με Κίκο για την Ομόνοια". AlphaNews.Live (in Greek). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  21. ^ Christoforou, Demetris (6 July 2022). "Κίκο καλωσόρισες!". Ανόρθωσις Αμμοχώστου Ποδόσφαιρο (in Greek). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  22. ^ "Portugal - Cuba". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h "Statistics". foradejogo.net. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  24. ^ "Games played by Kiko in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.