Agostinho Odiquir Cá (born 24 July 1993) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Canedo F.C. as a

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Club career

Born in Bissau,

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, Cá joined

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's youth system in 2009, aged 16. In the summer of 2012, after concluding his development, he moved to

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in Spain alongside teammate and compatriot Edgar Ié. In

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, Cá started playing with the B team in the Segunda División. He made his official debut on 31 October 2012, featuring three minutes as a substitute for Javier Espinosa in a 4–1 away win against

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. After taking no part for ''Barça'' the following season, Cá was loaned to fellow league side Girona FC on 24 January 2014. He played only once for his new team, replacing Juanlu for the final 11 minutes of a 6–0 victory over CD Lugo at the

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on 16 February. On 19 August 2015, Cá joined the third Catalan club of his career, being loaned alongside Joel Huertas to

Lleida Esportiu Club Lleida Esportiu is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in July 2011 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at Camp d'Esports, with a capacity of 13,500 seat ...

from Segunda División B. After appearing in no competitive games during the campaign, his loan was cancelled a month early. Cá began a trial at Italian

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side Parma Calcio 1913 in September 2016, but a potential transfer was eventually scuppered by a knee injury. The following 1 April, he signed with

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in Lithuania's

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. In August 2018, Cá returned to his country of adoption and joined LigaPro club C.D. Cova da Piedade. After only two appearances, he left on 18 November for personal reasons.

International career

Cá represented

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at the

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, playing three games in an eventual group stage exit.

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* * * * (2012–2019) * (2019–present) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ca, Agostinho 1993 births Living people Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Footballers from Bissau Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Sporting CP footballers C.D. Cova da Piedade players G.D. Vitória de Sernache players Segunda División players Segunda División B players FC Barcelona Atlètic players Girona FC players Lleida Esportiu footballers A Lyga players FC Stumbras players Lebanese Premier League players Shabab El Bourj SC players Portugal men's youth international footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania