David Oliveira Santos Cavaleiro Brazão (born 1 November 2001) is a Portuguese professional

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player who plays for Lithuanian A Lyga club FC Džiugas Telšiai.

Early life

Brazão began playing youth football with Algés. Afterwards he joined the

Sporting CP Youth Academy Sporting C.P. Youth Academy is the youth development division of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Academia Sporting in Alcochete), which accommodated Portugal during the Euro 2004 competition. Sporting's youth system developed footballers such as Ba ...

, followed by the youth system of

Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Reste ...

. In September 2017, he joined the Benfica youth system. He then returned to Belenenses, before moving to

Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

, followed by another return to Belenenses. In July 2022, he joined the U23 side of Mafra.

Club career

Brazão began his senior with

, being part of their 2018/19 AF Lisboa 2nd division winning team, scoring three goals in six games across all competitions. After he joined

, having a stint with the B team. In August 2020, he returned to

. In July 2021, he extended his contract with Belenenses for another year, for their first year in the Campeonato de Portugal, after having been promoted. In 2022, he joined

Sintrense Sport União Sintrense is a Portuguese football club based in Sintra Sintra (, ) is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 377,835, i ...

, where he scored six goals and added three assists in 18 appearances, while also earning multiple team of the week honours, In March 2023, he signed with Canadian Premier League club Pacific FC. He made his debut for the club on April 20, 2023 in a

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match against Cavalry FC, in a substitute appearance. He scored his first goal on May 14 in a league match against York United FC. In November 2023, David was released by Pacific FC, after having made 14 appearances and scored twice. In January 2024, he signed with Lithuanian club FC Dziugas.

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