José Postiga

José Manuel Marques Postiga (born 3 May 1996) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Varzim S.C. B as a forward.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Marques and the second or paternal family name is Postiga.
José Postiga
Personal information
Full name José Manuel Marques Postiga
Date of birth (1996-05-03) 3 May 1996
Place of birth Vila do Conde, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Varzim B
Youth career
2004–2009 Varzim
2009–2015 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Sporting B 1 (0)
2015–2018 Rio Ave 0 (0)
2016 → Varzim (loan) 9 (1)
2016–2017 → Académico Viseu (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2018 → Salgueiros (loan) 13 (3)
2018 Felgueiras 1932 3 (1)
2018–2019 Rio Ave U23 32 (5)
2018–2019 Rio Ave B 2 (0)
2019 Trofense 1 (0)
2020– Varzim B 2 (1)
National team
2011–2012 Portugal U16 12 (3)
2012–2013 Portugal U17 12 (8)
2013–2014 Portugal U18 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2020

Club career

Sporting

Born in Vila do Conde, Postiga joined Sporting CP in 2009 at the age of 13, from local Varzim SC. In August 2014, while still a junior, he was included in the B-team's 18-man squad for the Segunda Liga match away to S.C. Farense, the opening day of the season.[1] He made his competition debut on the 10th, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Filipe Chaby in a 0–1 loss.[2]

Additionally, Postiga competed with the academy in the UEFA Youth League and scored twice in an eventual group stage exit, starting with a penalty kick in a 3–1 win at NK Maribor.[3]

Rio Ave

On 27 June 2015, Postiga signed a three-year contract with Rio Ave FC.[4] On 12 January of the following year, having not featured at all in competitive games, he returned to the second division after being loaned to nearby Varzim for the remainder of the season.[5] Eleven days later, he made his debut for his new team, replacing Elísio for the final 23 minutes of a 4–0 win at Leixões SC;[6] his only goal for the Poveiros came in his final game on 8 May, concluding a 2–0 win at relegated Clube Oriental de Lisboa again from the bench.[7]

Postiga returned to the second level on 6 August 2016, joining Académico de Viseu F.C. on loan for the upcoming season.[8] A year later he was loaned to S.C. Salgueiros in the Campeonato de Portugal[9] and, halfway through that campaign, he joined F.C. Felgueiras 1932 of the same league on a permanent basis.[10]

Postiga returned to Rio Ave in 2018, and departed for C.D. Trofense a year later having still not made a first-team appearance for his hometown club. In February 2020 he signed again for Varzim, where he was assigned to the reserves.[11]

International career

Postiga scored a hat-trick for Portugal on 29 September 2012 in a 4–2 win over Iceland at the Ta' Qali National Stadium in qualification for the 2013 European Under-17 Championship.[12]

Personal life

Postiga's older brother, Hélder, was also a footballer and forward. He too represented Sporting and Rio Ave, also being a longtime Portugal international.[13]

Their father's cousin, Armindo, a member at Rio Ave, died in a fishing shipwreck off Figueira da Foz in August 2015.[14]

References
  1. "Sporting B: Ryan Gauld entre os eleitos de Barão" [Sporting B: Ryan Gauld amongst Barão's chosen] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. "Farense-Sporting B, 1–0: Fábio Gomes oferece triunfo" [Farense-Sporting B, 1–0: Fábio Gomes offers win]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. "Goals aplenty in UEFA Youth League". UEFA. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. "José Postiga, Yazalde and Pedrinho – Welcome home". Rio Ave F.C. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  5. "Mercado: Rio Ave empresta avançado José Postiga ao Varzim" [Market: Rio Ave loan forward José Postiga to Varzim] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. "Leixões-Varzim, 0–4: Goleada cessa série vitoriosa da turma da casa" [Leixões-Varzim, 0–4: Thrashing ends homeboys' winning streak at home]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  7. "Varzim vence Oriental com golos de Freitas e Postiga" [Varzim defeat Oriental with goals from Freitas and Postiga] (in Portuguese). Rádio Onda Viva. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  8. "Irmão de Postiga é reforço do Académico de Viseu" [Postiga's brother is an addition to Académico de Viseu] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  9. "Salgueiros: Mais quatro reforços e José Postiga em foco" [Salgueiros: Four more additions and José Postiga in focus]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 July 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  10. Teixeira, Sandra (12 January 2018). "Avançado José Postiga é reforço do FC Felgueiras" [Forward José Postiga is reinforcement for FC Felgueiras]. Expresso de Felgueiras (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  11. "José Postiga marcou na estreia pela equipa B" [José Postiga scored on his debut for the B-team]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  12. "José Postiga faz hat-trick frente à Islândia" [José Postiga scores a hat-trick against Iceland] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  13. Nunes, João Vasco (2 July 2014). "Segunda vaga Postiga começa a despontar" [Second wave of Postigas starts to emerge]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  14. "Pescador que faleceu era familiar de Hélder Postiga" [Fisherman who died was relative of Hélder Postiga]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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