Francisco António Machado Mota de Castro Trincão (; born 29 December 1999) is a Portuguese professional
footballer
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Primeira Liga
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the first team
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in 2018 and winning the
2019–20 Taça da Liga
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in his second season with the club. In January 2020, he signed with
Barcelona
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for a reported €31 million fee, with the deal made effective in July. He then spent two years on loan, at
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Viana do Castelo
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, Trincão began his youth career with hometown club Vianense. He also had a spell at
Porto
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Freamunde
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Nacional
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for a first victory of the season, and signed a new five-year contract at the end.
On 28 December 2018, Trincão played his first competitive match with the first team in a 4–0 victory at
Vitória de Setúbal
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Taça da Liga
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where he replaced Fransérgio in the 62nd minute. Five days later, manager
Abel Ferreira
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As a right-back, he played 234 Primeira Li ...
gave him a
Primeira Liga
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debut when he came on for
Dyego Sousa
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He spent most of his career in Portugal, making 128 appearances and scoring 41 goals in the Pr ...
for the last four minutes of a home defeat of Marítimo.
Trincão scored his first goal for Braga on 12 December 2019 in the last group phase game of the
UEFA Europa League
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, also assisting in the 4–2 win at Slovan Bratislava as his team advanced in first place. The following 4 January, given a first league start by new coach
Rúben Amorim
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Amorim played in his career as a midfielder, spending most of ...
, he scored his first domestic league goal in a 7–1 away demolition of
Belenenses SAD
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. Three weeks later, he was a 50th-minute replacement for
Galeno
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He spent most of his career in Portu ...
Porto
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Barcelona
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announced the transfer of Trincão, initially effective on 1 July. He signed a five-year contract for a €31 million fee, with a
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of €500 million. He made his
La Liga
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debut on 27 September, playing 12 minutes of the 4–0 home victory over Villarreal. He was handed his first start on 20 October in the 5–1 home rout of Ferencváros in the group stage of the
UEFA Champions League
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, replacing Antoine Griezmann as the starting right winger and putting up a good performance.
Trincão scored his first goal on 7 February 2021, closing the 3–2 away win against
Real Betis
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in the domestic league. He added a brace the following weekend after assists by
Ilaix Moriba
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...
and
Lionel Messi
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, helping the hosts to defeat Alavés 5–1.
On 4 July 2021, Trincão joined
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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on a
season
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-long loan, subject to medical and work permit and with an option to make the move permanent in the future; he reunited with
Pedro Neto
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He started his career at Braga, who loaned him to Italian club L ...
, with whom he had played as a child with Vianense and Braga. He made his
Premier League
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debut on 14 August, starting in a 1–0 loss away to Leicester City. His first goal came ten days later, as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 victory at
Nottingham Forest
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EFL Cup
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.
Trincão registered his first Premier League goal (also providing his first assist in the competition) in a 3–2 defeat at home to Leeds United on 18 March 2022, having come on as a first-half substitute for injured Rúben Neves. He totalled 30 appearances during his tenure, starting in 16 but being only involved in four team goals.
Sporting CP
On 13 July 2022, Trincão signed a one-year loan deal with Sporting CP for a €3 million fee, with a conditional €7 million obligation to buy 50% of his economic rights, with a reported buy-back clause between €20 and €25 million, depending on the moment it was exercised. He made his league debut on 7 August in a 3–3 draw against his former club Braga. His first goal came exactly one month later, his team's second in the 3–0 away win over
Eintracht Frankfurt
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in the Champions League group phase, their first ever victory in Germany.
Over the following months, Trincão performances declined and he began enduring a difficult season, with a lengthy scoring drought leading to many supporters demanding he be benched. Despite that, manager Amorim kept him in his starting eleven, and on 27 February 2023 he ran from one end of the penalty box to the other to score in the 2–0 home defeat of Estoril. On 9 April, he netted a
hat-trick
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in a 4–3 win at
Casa Pia
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Italy
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4–3 after
extra time
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; he scored once in the match in
Seinäjoki
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, Finland. Along with teammate
Jota
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, he finished joint top scorer in the tournament with five goals, his others being braces against
Norway
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in the first group fixture and
Ukraine
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in a 5–0 semi-final rout. At the
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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in Poland he played all three games and scored the only goal of the opening win against
South Korea
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, though his side did not advance from the group.
Trincão won his first cap at under-21 level on 5 September 2019, scoring once and being involved in two other goals in the 4–0 win over
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penalty
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in a 2–0 group defeat of
England
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.
Senior
In August 2020, Trincão had his first
senior
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call-up for
UEFA Nations League
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matches against
Croatia
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and
Sweden
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the following month. He made his debut on 5 September, replacing
Bernardo Silva
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in the 78th minute of a 4–1 home victory over the former.
Trincão was named in a preliminary 55-man squad for the
2022 FIFA World Cup
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in Qatar.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Braga
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Taça da Liga
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Copa del Rey
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2020–21
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2018
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Individual
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SJPF Young Player of the Month
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