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2023–24 S.C. Braga Season
The 2023–24 season was the 103nd season in the history of S.C. Braga and their 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The club participated in the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. On 27 January 2024, Braga defeated Estoril in the final of the Taça da Liga on penalties after a 1–1 draw to claim their third league cup title. Players Other players under contract Out on loan Transfers Competitions Overall record Primeira Liga League table Results summary Results by round Matches Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Third round Semi-final Final UEFA Champions League Qualifying rounds =Third qualifying round= =Play-off round= Group stage The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023. UEFA Europa League Knockout phase =Knockout round play-offs= The draw fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Jorge (footballer, Born 1972)
Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim (born 1 January 1972), known as Artur Jorge, is a Portuguese Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of Qatar Stars League club Al-Rayyan SC, Al-Rayyan. As a player and manager, he was most associated with S.C. Braga, Braga, where he spent all but one season of his playing career and coached several of its teams, including two spells with the main squad and winning the Taça da Liga in 2023–24 Taça da Liga, 2023–24. He also led Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Botafogo to their first-ever Copa Libertadores title in 2024 Copa Libertadores, 2024, also winning 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, that year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A before departing for Al-Rayyan SC, Al-Rayyan. Playing career Born in Braga, Artur Jorge played mostly for hometown club S.C. Braga. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 29 November 1992, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matheus (footballer, Born March 1992)
Matheus Lima Magalhães (born 29 March 1992), known simply as Matheus, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade. Developed at América Mineiro, he spent most of his career at Braga in Portugal, making 365 appearances and winning the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga twice each. Club career América Mineiro Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Matheus joined América Futebol Clube (MG)'s youth setup in 2008, aged 13. Ahead of the 2012 season, he was promoted to the first team after impressing in the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20. Matheus made his professional debut on 18 September 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute for field player Fábio Júnior as starter Neneca was sent off, in a 2–0 away loss against Clube Atlético Bragantino in the Série B. The following June, he was chosen as first choice by manager Paulo Comelli, and retained his position during the campaign. Braga On 4 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro Djaló
Álvaro Djaló Dias-Fernandes (born 16 August 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao. Career Born in Madrid, Djaló spent part of his upbringing in the Bilbao area and played for local clubs including before moving to Portugal with Braga in 2017. He began his senior career with Braga's reserves in 2020, and signed his first professional contract with the club on 22 April 2022, to run until 2025. In July 2022, he started training with the senior team in preparation for the 2022–23 season. Djaló made his professional and Primeira Liga debut as a late substitute against Sporting CP on 7 August 2022, and assisted his side's final goal to tie the game at 3–3. In March 2024, Braga and Athletic Bilbao agreed an initial €15 million fee with potential add-ons (one of the Basque club's biggest transfer outlays) for the transfer of 24-year-old Djaló at the end of the 2023–24 season, with the player mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiago Sá
Tiago Magalhães de Sá (born 11 January 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club Braga. Developed at Braga, where he was mainly a reserve and back-up, he made over 50 first-team appearances and won the 2020–21 Taça de Portugal and two Taça da Liga. Club career Born in the village of Moure in Vila Verde, Braga District, Sá joined S.C. Braga's youth system at the age of 10. He spent his first five seasons as a senior with the reserves in the Segunda Liga, his first match in the competition being played on 11 August 2013 in a 1−2 home loss against C.D. Tondela. He was called up to the first team for a home game against Académica de Coimbra on 6 January 2016 due to injury to regular back-up Matheus, and remained unused as Stanislav Kritsyuk played in the 3–0 win. Early into the 2018−19 campaign, Sá became the first team's first choice due to a serious knee injury contracted by the Brazilian. His Primeira L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Fernandes
Roger Fernandes (born 21 November 2005) is a Bissau-Guinean professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for S.C. Braga in the Primeira Liga. Early and personal life Born in Guinea-Bissau on 21 November 2005, Fernandes began playing football in the streets of Bafatá, where he quickly stood out from the rest of the kids. His talent was first spotted by his uncle Eusébio Fernandes, who was both the father and the Sports agent#Association football, football agent of three of his cousins, Ricardo Fernandes (footballer, born 1997), Ricardo Fernandes, Joelson Fernandes, and Saná Fernandes, who all became professional footballers. Given that Roger had never played in a club or even a local championship, his uncle took him to an academy in Bissau, where he stayed for four months, and whilst in the capital, he reencountered one of his older brothers, who had graduated in medicine. Another older brother, Ismael, had moved to Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Horta
André Filipe Luz Horta (born 7 November 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Braga. He made over 200 Primeira Liga appearances for Vitória de Setúbal, Benfica and Braga, winning a league and cup double with the second of those teams in 2017 as well as the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga with the third. He also played for a year at Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer. Club career Vitória Setúbal Born in Almada, Setúbal District, Horta spent eight years in Benfica's youth system, joining local Vitória at the age of 15. In late 2014, whilst still a junior, he was promoted to the first team by manager Domingos Paciência. Horta made his first-team and Primeira Liga debut on 12 December 2014, playing the second 45 minutes of a 0–1 home loss against Boavista. He finished his first full season with 32 games – 21 starts – and two goals, helping his team narrowly avoid relegation; his goals contributed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Ruiz
Abel Ruiz Ortega (; born 28 January 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Girona and the Spain national team. Formed at Barcelona, where he made one first-team appearance, he moved to Braga in January 2020, where he won the Taça de Portugal in 2021. Ruiz set the record for caps and goals for Spain's under-17 team, winning the European Championship in 2017 and finishing runners-up in 2016 and at the 2017 World Cup. He made his senior international debut in 2021. Club career Barcelona Born in Almussafes, Valencian Community, Ruiz joined Barcelona's youth setup in 2012, from Valencia. On 21 November 2016, he renewed his contract with the club. On 9 April 2017, while still a junior, Ruiz made his senior debut with the reserves, coming on as a late substitute for Jesús Alfaro in a 2–0 Segunda División B away win against Badalona; he also became the first player born in the 2000s to make an appearance for the club's senior r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Musrati
Al-Mu'attasim Billah Ali Mohamed Al-Musrati (; born 6 April 1996), known simply as Al-Musrati, is a Libyan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. Club career Vitória de Guimarães Reserve team In January 2017, Al-Musrati signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Portuguese side Vitória de Guimarães on the recommendation of former player Romano Sion. He began playing for their reserve team in LigaPro, and on 4 March 2018 scored his first goal to equalise in a 1–1 draw away to União. First team On 5 August 2019, Al-Musrati made his debut for the first team, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 win at Feirense in the second round of the Taça da Liga. Thirteen days later he made his Primeira Liga debut in a 1–1 home draw with Boavista and was third-place in the vote for the league's best midfielder of the month, behind Bruno Fernandes and Pizzi. On 12 December, he scored his only goal for the first team, equali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruma (footballer)
Armindo Tué Na Bangna (born 24 October 1994), known as Bruma, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Portugal national team. Club career Sporting CP Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Bruma moved to Portugal as a child, joining Sporting CP's academy before his 13th birthday. He proceeded to score more than 80 goals for the club's various youth sides. Bruma made his senior debut in the 2012–13 season, starting with the B team in the Segunda Liga. On 6 December 2012 he netted twice against C.F. União, but was also sent off in the 3–2 away loss. On 10 February 2013, at the age of 18, Bruma made his official debut with the ''Lions main squad, playing the first half of the 0–1 home defeat against C.S. Marítimo. He scored his first Primeira Liga goal the following matchday, the first in a 3–2 win at Gil Vicente FC. Galatasaray On 3 September 2013, following a lengthy and sour contract dispute with Sporting, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Fonte
José Miguel da Rocha Fonte (born 22 December 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Primeira Liga club Casa Pia. He started his professional career with Sporting CP B, moving to England with Crystal Palace in 2007. He signed for Southampton in 2010, where he made 288 appearances in all competitions until he joined West Ham United in January 2017. He then represented Dalian Yifang in China and Lille in France, winning the Ligue 1 title with the latter in the 2020–21 season. A Portuguese international from age 30, Fonte was part of the Portugal squads at two European Championships and the 2018 World Cup, winning Euro 2016. Club career Portugal Born in Penafiel, Fonte finished his football education (after already having played there from ages 10 to 13) at Sporting CP. He only appeared with Sporting CP B as a senior, in the third division. He joined Salgueiros in 2004, but the club was in severe financial difficulties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serdar Saatçı
Serdar Saatçı (14 February 2003) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. Career Early years Saatçı started his career at Istanbul-based club Bayrampaşaspor in the TFF Third League. Beşiktaş He joined Beşiktaş J.K. in 2014, where he played at various youth levels until 2020. He signed a professional contract with Beşiktaş on 27 February 2020. He was on the bench as an unused substitute player in 2021 Turkish Cup final, won by Beşiktaş 2–0 on 18 May 2021. Saatçı made his Süper Lig debut on week 7 of 2021–22 Süper Lig season against Altay S.K., on 24 September 2021. On 12 July 2022, Saatçı was dropped from the senior team by the club following "behavioural issues" during a friendly game against Viktoria Plzeň as part of Beşiktaş' pre-season camp in Austria. He continued training individually in Ümraniye Nevzat Demir Facilities in Istanbul. Braga On 1 September 2022, Saatçı signed a five-year co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikou Niakaté
Sikou Niakaté (born 10 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club S.C. Braga. Born in France, he plays for the Mali national team. Personal life Sikou Niakaté was born in Montreuil, France. He holds French and Malian nationalities. Club career Niakaté made his professional debut for Valenciennes FC in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Nîmes Olympique on 31 July 2017, making his appearance at the age of 18. On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Niakaté joined Ligue 1 side Guingamp on a five-year contract. He was immediately loaned back to Valenciennes for the remainder of the season. On 12 August 2021, he joined Metz on a season-long loan with an option to buy. On 28 June 2022, Niakaté moved on loan to Braga in Portugal. Braga held an option to buy his rights at the end of the loan for €1.8 million, and if he played in half of the official games in the season, the option would become an obligat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
