Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço (born 19 January 1987), known simply as Fausto, is a Portuguese
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who plays for
Anadia F.C. as a
forward.
Club career
Fausto was born in
Miranda do Corvo
Miranda do Corvo () is a town and a municipality in the Portuguese district of Coimbra, with an area of and 2011 population of 13,098 inhabitants.
History
The first reference to the region of Miranda do Corvo arrived at the end of the 10th cen ...
,
Coimbra District
Coimbra District ( pt, Distrito de Coimbra, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra.
Municipalities
The district is composed by 17 municipalities:
* Arganil
* Cantanhede
* Coimbra
* Conde ...
. An unsuccessful youth graduate at
FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Por ...
, he began his professional career with
Académica de Coimbra, but never appeared officially for the team, going on to serve loans at
third division
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
sides
G.D. Tourizense
Grupo Desportivo Tourizense is a Portuguese football club based in Touriz, Tábua Municipality. Founded in 1975, it plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at '' Estádio Visconde do Vinhal'', with a 1,200-seat capacity.
Histor ...
and
Anadia FC.
In July 2008, Fausto moved to
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...
with
FC Lokomotiv Mezdra in the
First Professional Football League, failing to score as the club
finished in eighth position. In the following years, he played in
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...
and
Switzerland.
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1987 births
Living people
People from Miranda do Corvo
Sportspeople from Coimbra District
Portuguese footballers
Association football forwards
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
Padroense F.C. players
Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
G.D. Tourizense players
Anadia F.C. players
Leixões S.C. players
C.D. Tondela players
Académico de Viseu F.C. players
S.C. Freamunde players
Vilaverdense F.C. players
Merelinense F.C. players
Gondomar S.C. players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra players
Cypriot Second Division players
Onisilos Sotira players
Swiss Super League players
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
FC Atyrau players
Portugal youth international footballers
Portuguese expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan