Fransérgio Rodrigues Barbosa (born 18 October 1990), known as Fransérgio, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Operário-PR After starting his career with

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...

and Internacional, he spent seven years in Portugal, where he made 192

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appearances split equally between Marítimo and

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, scoring 26 goals. With the latter, he won the

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and the

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. He also played in

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and

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for

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in France.

Career

Early career and Atlético-PR

Born in

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, Fransérgio played as a youth for Luverdense and

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in his state before joining

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and eventually their rivals Atlético-PR. He represented the club for four seasons in

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and scored the opening goal on 13 August 2011 in a 2–2 draw at

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. In September 2010, he was loaned back to Paraná in Série B for the rest of the year.

Internacional

On 5 February 2012, Fransérgio made his debut for Internacional in the

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, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for

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in a 2–2 draw at rivals Grêmio; he was not officially presented by the club until after the game. Fransérgio was loaned out in May 2012 to Série B club

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, and in December to

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. He arrived at second-tier club

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on loan in May 2013, and played 15 games, scoring in a 3–0 home win over

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on 13 July.

Marítimo

In January 2014, Fransérgio moved abroad for the first time, signing a 2-year deal with Marítimo of Portugal's

; his agent

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had played for the same club. He played seven matches in his first season in

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, and scored to conclude their 3–1 home win over

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on 19 April. Fransérgio scored twice on 28 September 2014 in a 4–0 win over

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at the Estádio dos Barreiros in which all the goals came in the first half. A week later, he was sent off in a 3–2 loss at

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. Fransérgio played two consecutive

finals for the club from

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, both lost to Benfica, and scored a penalty in the latter on 20 May 2016 in a 6–2 loss at the Estadio Cidade de Coimbra. Twelve days before that match, he was sent off in a 2–0 home loss to the same team. He scored a career-best five league goals over that season, including another brace against Vitória Guimarães in a 3–0 home win on 17 April.

Braga

In January 2017, fellow top-flight team

announced the signings of Fransérgio and teammate Dyego Sousa for the new season, taking him on a five-year contract and giving Marítimo a share of any subsequent transfer. He made his debut on 27 July in a 1–1 draw away to Sweden's AIK in the

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third qualifying round first leg, his first game in European competition. He played nine games and scored four times in that continental campaign, including two in a 3–1 home win over

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in the last group game on 23 November. On 13 September 2019, Fransérgio received a straight red card at the end of a 1–0 loss at

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for attempting to strike José Semedo; the offence was caught by a

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. He played four matches of their victorious

campaign, scoring in a 4–1 final group game win over Paços de Ferreira on 22 December, and in the final on 25 January he took the shot which rebounded for

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to score the only goal against

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in added time. On 12 February 2020 he extended his contract until 2024 with a

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of €20 million. On 25 October 2020, Fransérgio was sent off for his part in a melée after

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had been dismissed for a foul on

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in a 1–0 derby win at Vitória de Guimarães; the Braga pair were suspended for three games and opponent Jorge Fernandes for two. Days later, he was diagnosed with

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, and missed the Europa League game against

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as a result. He ended the season as a national cup winner, having scored an equaliser in the 12th minute of added time in the first leg of the semi-finals against Porto. In one of his final matches, the

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on 31 July, he scored to open a 2–1 loss to

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at the

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Bordeaux

On 25 August 2021, Fransérgio signed a three-year contract for

. The initial transfer fee was €4.5 million, with a potential €3 million in addition according to clauses. He made his

debut three days later in a 4–0 loss at

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and

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, with an average match rating of 3.1 out of 10. Fransérgio scored his first goal in French football on 8 October 2022, an added-time strike to conclude a 2–0 home win over

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to put ''Les Girondins'' in first place in

Later career

Having been a target for

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a year earlier, Fransérgio returned to his country's league for the first time in nearly a decade on 28 June 2023, signing with

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until 2026. The move followed the recission of his contract at Bordeaux. He made his debut on 8 July as a starter in a 3–1 comeback win at home to

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. On 13 August 2024, having rescinded his contract at Coritiba, Fransérgio returned to second-tier Marítimo after seven years away. He had a two-year contract, but cancelled it on 4 December to go back to the state of Paraná and sign for Operário-PR for the year 2025; the motive for this move was to be nearer to his son, who had been diagnosed with

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Honours

Athletico Paranaense *

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: 2009 Internacional *

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Braga *

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: 2019–20 Operário Ferroviário *

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References

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