Playing position 2001–2003 Alcacerense Weight 80 kg | Number 20 Height 1.83 m Career start 2012 | |
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Full name Francisco Manuel Geraldo Rosa Date of birth (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 24) Place of birth Alcácer do Sal, Portugal | ||
Francisco Manuel Geraldo Rosa (born 20 January 1993), known as Kiko, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a left back for EFL League One club Port Vale.
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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.
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. 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 new head coach Domingos Paciência, and spent the 2015–16 season on loan at LigaPro club Académico Viseu. 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, as the club finished 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. 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. 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. 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.
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.