Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal Name Vasco Faisca Playing position Role Footballer Position Defender | 1991–1996 Farense Height 1.84 m Date joined July 31, 2013 1996–1999 Sporting CP Weight 79 kg | |
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Full name Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faisca Teixeira Date of birth (1980-08-27) 27 August 1980 (age 35) Number 27 (Platanias F.C. / Defender) | ||
Current team S.S. Maceratese 1922 | ||
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Vasco Manuel Vilhena Faísca Teixeira (born 27 August 1980), known as Faísca, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Italian club Virtus Francavilla Calcio as a defender.
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- Tributo a vasco faisca
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- Club career
- International career
- References
He spent the vast majority of his career in Italy after starting out at Sporting, representing in the country Vicenza, Padova and Ascoli and appearing in one Serie A game with the first club.
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Club career
Born in Lisbon, Faísca was a product of Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system. In the 2000 summer he was signed by Inter Milan alongside teammates Marco Caneira and Paulo Costa, in co-ownership with other clubs; he was sold to Vicenza Calcio for 1,200 million lire (€619,748).
Faísca stayed in Italy and played with Vicenza Calcio for four seasons – one game in Serie A in 2000–01, the rest of his spell in Serie B – before his rights were acquired fully in June 2004. Shortly after, however, he returned to Portugal and joined Académica de Coimbra, making his Primeira Liga debuts and being an automatic first-choice (only two matches missed) as the Students narrowly avoided relegation.
In the 2005 summer, Faísca signed for C.F. Os Belenenses, being fairly used in his first year but being deemed surplus to requirements soon afterwards. In January 2007 he returned to Italy, joining Serie C1 team Calcio Padova and winning promotion in his second full campaign.
On 31 August 2010, Faísca moved to second level's Ascoli Calcio 1898 as part of the deal that involved Jonas Portin. He suffered relegation at the end of 2012–13, terminating his contract which still had another year running.
International career
Faísca appeared for the Portugal under-21 team at the 2002 UEFA European Championship in Switzerland, playing all group games as starter as the nation exited in that stage.