Francisco Trincão

Francisco Trincão
Francisco Trincão (2019)
Personnel
Surname	Francisco António Machado Mota Castro Trincão
birthday	December 29, 1999
place of birth	Viana do Castelo ,  Portugal
size	184 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
2008-2009	SC Vianense
2009-2010	FC Porto
2010-2011	SC Vianense
2011-2014	Sporting Braga
2014-2015	Palmeiras FC
2015-2016	Sporting Braga
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2016-2018	Sporting Braga B	46 0(6)
2018-2020	Sporting Braga	33 0(8)
2020–	FC Barcelona	0 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2015-2016	Portugal U17	5 0(0)
2017	Portugal U18	7 0(1)
2017-2018	Portugal U19	18 (10)
2018-2019	Portugal U20	8 0(2)
2019–	Portugal U21	5 0(1)
1 Only league games are given. As of August 17, 2020 2 As of August 14, 2020

Francisco António Machado Mota Castro Trincão (born December 29, 1999 in Viana do Castelo ) is a Portuguese football player .

Career

society

Trincão started his career at SC Vianense . He played for FC Porto between 2009 and 2010 before returning to Vianense. In 2011 he joined the youth team at Sporting Braga . Between 2014 and 2015 he played briefly for Palmeiras FC .

In March 2016 he was against FC Penafiel for the first time in the squad of the B-team of Braga. He made his debut for this in the Segunda Liga in April 2016 when he came on as a substitute for Carlos Fortes on matchday 38 of the 2015/16 season against SC Freamunde in the 80th minute . In May 2017, he scored his first goal for Braga B in a 3-2 defeat against the B-team of FC Porto .

In August 2017 he was in the starting line-up for the first time against CD Santa Clara . For the 2018/19 season Trincão moved up to the squad of the first division team.

For the 2020/21 season Trincão moved to the Spanish Primera División for FC Barcelona for 31 million euros . He signed a contract that runs until June 30, 2025, which includes an exit clause of 500 million euros.

National team

Trincão played for a Portuguese youth national team for the first time in 2015. In September 2017 he made his debut against the Netherlands for the U-19 selection . In the game that ended 2-2, he scored the goal for Portugal's interim 1-0 lead.

With the U-19 selection, he took part in the European Championship in 2018 . With Portugal he won the tournament and became European champion. During the tournament, Trincão came in all five of his country's games, scoring five goals, including one in a 4-3 victory over Italy in the final . Together with Jota , he was the tournament's most successful goalscorer.

In 2018 he also played for the U-20 team for the first time .

Web links

• Francisco Trincão in the database of weltfussball.de
• Francisco Trincão in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Francisco Trincão in the Portuguese Football Association database (Portuguese)
• Francisco Trincão in the database of foradejogo.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Agreement with SC Braga for the transfer of Trincão , fcbarcelona.com, January 31, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020.