Gonçalo Mendes Paciência (; born 1 August 1994) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Formed at

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, he appeared mainly for the reserves during his spell, playing only 16 competitive games with the first team and also being loaned four times. In 2018, he signed with

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club

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. A former youth international for Portugal, Paciência made his

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debut in 2017 and scored his only goal in his second match.

Club career

Porto

Born in

, Paciência joined

's youth system at the age of only 8. He made his senior debut on 12 January 2014, starting for the B team in a 2–0 home win against Portimonense in the Segunda Liga. He scored his first goals in the competition on 22 March, helping to a 2–2 away draw with Feirense. Paciência first appeared in competitive games with the main squad on 21 January 2015, again acting as starter in a 1–1 draw at

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in the

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. He netted his first goal in the same competition, in a 4–1 home victory over Académica de Coimbra that took place the following week. On 29 July 2015, Paciência joined Académica in a

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-long loan. On 31 August 2016, still owned by Porto, he moved to

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. His spell at the latter club, which was undermined by heart problems, was concluded in December. Paciência continued to be loaned the following seasons, to Rio Ave and

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. On 25 August 2017, while at the service of the latter club, he scored an

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in an eventual 1–1 away draw against

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, coached by his father. On 27 January 2018, he netted early in the final of the League Cup and also converted his

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attempt, in a loss to

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after a 1–1 draw in regulation time.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 12 July 2018, deemed surplus to requirements as practically all Portuguese players by manager

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, Paciência signed a four-year contract with German club

. He made his debut on 18 August in the

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of the

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, in which he came on as a late substitute and scored a consolation in a 2–1 defeat for the holders at

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team

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, but a month later he suffered a

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injury in training. He returned for his

debut the following 17 February, as a last-minute replacement for

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in a 1–1 home draw with

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; he finished the season with three goals, beginning with the added-time winner against

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at the Waldstadion on his first start. Paciência scored seven league goals in 2019–20 campaign for the ninth-placed side (ten in all competitions), including two on 18 October in a 3–0 home win over

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. He played regularly under manager

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alongside compatriot André Silva and Dutchman

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, making up for the sales of Haller, Luka Jović and

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; on 25 January he signed a new contract until 2023. On 15 September 2020, Paciência joined

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on a year-long loan with an option to make the move permanent. His maiden league appearance took place three days later, when he started in the 8–0 away loss to

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; on 18 October he scored his only goal for the eventually relegated team to gain a home draw against

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, their first point in the eighth game of the season. From November to April, he was sidelined with another knee injury. Paciência scored twice in Eintracht's run to the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final, earning a win and a draw against

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. He was unused for the decisive match at the

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, a penalty shootout defeat of

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Celta

On 6 August 2022, Paciência moved to Spain after agreeing to a three-year deal at

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. He scored on his

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debut a week later, in a 2–2 home draw with

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. He did not hold down a regular place in the team during his first season, particularly after the arrival of compatriot

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as manager, and his minutes dried up further after the signing of

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in January. On 1 September 2023, Paciência returned to Germany after agreeing to a one-year loan deal at

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. He terminated his contract with the Galicians on 19 August 2024.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

On 2 September 2024, Paciência moved to

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on a one-and-a-half-year deal. Twelve days later, he scored on his

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debut, in a 2–2 away draw against

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. He repeated the feat in his first appearance in the

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, helping to a 3–0 home win over Kaya–Iloilo in the

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Later career

Paciência moved clubs and countries again in January 2025, joining his compatriot manager

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, recently promoted to the

; he signed a contract until the end of the year.

International career

Paciência earned 57

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for Portugal at youth level, scoring 21 goals. His first game for the under-21 team was on 5 March 2014 at the age of 19, when he started and missed a second-half

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in a 2–0 home win over

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in the 2015 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. Selected for the finals in the

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, he collected three substitute appearances for the runners-up, scoring in the 1–1 group stage draw with

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and converting his shootout attempt in the final against the same opponent. Paciência was part of the squad at the

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, netting three times in the group phase in an eventual quarter-final exit. He first appeared with the full side on 14 November 2017, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for

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in a 1–1 friendly draw against the

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. In his second match, exactly two years later, he played the entire 6–0 rout of

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in the

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in the

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, scoring the fourth goal.

Personal life

Paciência's father, Domingos, was also a footballer and a forward. He too was developed at Porto.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paciência goal.''

Honours

Olympiacos *

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: 2016–17 Porto *

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

: 2017–18 Eintracht Frankfurt *

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: 2021–22 Individual * SJPF Segunda Liga Player of the Month: February 2015 * SJPF Segunda Liga Young Player of the Month: March 2014

References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paciencia, Goncalo 1994 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Porto Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Padroense F.C. players FC Porto B players FC Porto players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Rio Ave F.C. players Vitória F.C. players Super League Greece players Olympiacos F.C. players Bundesliga players Eintracht Frankfurt players FC Schalke 04 players VfL Bochum players La Liga players RC Celta de Vigo players J1 League players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Sport Club do Recife players UEFA Europa League–winning players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Portugal Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Japan Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Brazil

Club career

Porto

Eintracht Frankfurt

Celta

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Later career

International career

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

External links