Xavier Catarino Venâncio (born 29 May 1999) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Valour FC Valour FC is a Canadian professional soccer club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays their home matches at Princess Auto Stadium. The team is coached by Phillip Dos Santos and community owned throu ...

Club career

On 18 September 2018, Venâncio made his professional debut with

Rieti Rieti (; , Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina region. T ...

in a

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match against

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. On 4 February 2025, Venâncio signed a one-year contract with a club option for an additional year with

club

. He made his debut on April 5, 2025, against

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* * 1999 births People from Mafra, Portugal Footballers from Lisbon District Living people Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders FC Rieti players Académica de Coimbra (football) players S.C. Olhanense players S.U. Sintrense players Louletano D.C. players ASD Chieri players Valour FC players Serie C players Serie D players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Canada 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Canadian Premier League players {{Portugal-footy-midfielder-stub