Gonçalo Paciência

Gonçalo Mendes Paciência (born 1 August 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for German club Eintracht Frankfurt as a centre forward.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Paciência.
Gonçalo Paciência
Paciência with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gonçalo Mendes Paciência
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre forward
Club information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 39
Youth career
2002–2013 Porto
2009–2010 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Porto B 35 (14)
2015–2018 Porto 10 (0)
2015–2016 → Académica (loan) 27 (3)
2016 → Olympiacos (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → Rio Ave (loan) 15 (1)
2017–2018 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 18 (5)
2018– Eintracht Frankfurt 34 (10)
National team‡
2009–2010 Portugal U16 8 (1)
2010–2011 Portugal U17 17 (5)
2011–2012 Portugal U18 4 (2)
2013 Portugal U19 9 (7)
2013 Portugal U20 2 (0)
2014–2017 Portugal U21 17 (6)
2016 Portugal U23 4 (3)
2017– Portugal 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:55, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019

Club career

Porto

Born in Porto, Paciência joined FC Porto'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 S.C. for the second division championship.[1] He scored his first goals in the competition on 22 March, helping to a 2–2 away draw against C.D. Feirense.[2]

Paciência first appeared in competitive games with the main squad on 21 January 2015, again acting as starter in a 1–1 draw at S.C. Braga for the Portuguese League Cup.[3] 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.[4]

On 29 July 2015, Paciência joined Académica in a season-long loan.[5] On 31 August 2016, still owned by Porto, he moved to Olympiakos FC.[6] His spell at the latter club, which was undermined by heart problems, was concluded in December.[7][8]

Paciência continued to be loaned in the following seasons, to Rio Ave F.C.[9] and Vitória de Setúbal.[10] On 25 August 2017, while at the service of the latter club, he scored an own goal in an eventual 1–1 away draw against C.F. Os Belenenses, coached by his father;[11] on 27 January 2018, he netted early in the final of the League Cup and also converted his penalty shootout attempt, in a loss to Sporting CP after a 1–1 draw in regulation time.[12] Despite Vitória de Setúbal losing out on penalties to Sporting Lisbon in the final of the Taca da Liga cup final, Paciencia was still awarded the man of the match award for his superb performance in the final.[13] Even though Paciencia was only loaned out to Vitória de Setúbal for half a season, from July 2017 to January 2018, his spell in Setubal proved to be a huge success. In his short time at Vitória de Setúbal, he managed to score 11 goals, which was a very impressive return in the Portuguese top flight.[14]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 12 July 2018, Paciência signed a four-year contract with German club Eintracht Frankfurt.[15] He made his debut on 18 August in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, in which he came on as a late substitute and scored a consolation in a 1–2 loss for the holders at Regionalliga team SSV Ulm 1846.[16] In September, he suffered a knee injury in training which sidelined him for several months.[17] Paciencia's time at Frankfurt has been a real success, as his aerial prowess has proven a real handful for Bundesliga defenders to deal with. Frankfurt manager Adi Hutter has been full of praise for the Portuguese international forward, saying that Paciencia has done a great job for Frankfurt.[18]

International career

Paciência earned 51 caps for Portugal at youth level. His first for the under-21 team arrived on 5 March 2014 at the age of 19, when he started and missed a second-half penalty in a 2–0 home win against Macedonia for the 2015 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[19] Selected for the finals in the Czech Republic, he collected three substitute appearances for the runners-up, scoring in the 1–1 group stage draw to Sweden and converting his shootout attempt in the final against the same opponent.[20][21][22]

Paciência was part of the squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics, netting three times in the group phase[23][24][25] 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 Gelson Martins in a 1–1 friendly draw to the United States.[26] In his second match, exactly two years later, he played the entire 6–0 rout of Lithuania in the Algarve for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying stage, scoring the fourth goal.[27] Paciencia is now a regular member of the Portuguese national team.

Personal life

Paciência's father, Domingos, was also a footballer and a forward. He too was groomed at Porto.[28][29]

Career statistics

Club
As of 6 August 2020[30][31]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2012–13 00————00
2013–14 195————195
2014–15 169————169
Total 3514————3514
Porto 2014–15 10003100—41
2017–18 90100020—120
Total 100103120—161
Académica (loan) 2015–16 2732110——304
Olympiacos (loan) 2016–17 1000—00—10
Rio Ave (loan) 2016–17 151—00——151
Vitória Setúbal (loan) 2017–18 1852144——2410
Eintracht Frankfurt 2018–19 11311—6100185
2019–20 23740—163—4310
Total 341051—224006115
Career Total 14033103852440018245

    International
    As of match played 14 November 2019[32]
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Portugal 201710
    201911
    Total21

    International goals
    As of match played 14 November 2019 (Portugal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Paciência goal)[32]
    International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
    No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
    1 14 November 2019Estádio Algarve, São João da Venda, Portugal Lithuania4–06–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

    Honours

    Club

    Olympiacos

    • Superleague Greece: 2016–17

    Porto

    Individual
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    gollark: But not with pronouny!

    See also

    References
    1. "FC Porto-Portimonense, 2–0: Dragões tiram algarvios da liderança" [FC Porto-Portimonense, 2–0: Dragons remove algarvios from the first place]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
    2. "Feirense-FC Porto B, 2–2: Líder empata na Feira" [Feirense-FC Porto B, 2–2: Leader draws in Feira]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
    3. "Gonçalo Paciência: "Um dia que nunca vou esquecer"" [Gonçalo Paciência: "A day I will never forget"]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
    4. "Gonçalo Paciência: "Marcar foi uma sensação especial"" [Gonçalo Paciência: "To score was a special feeling"]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
    5. "Gonçalo Paciência reforça Académica" [Gonçalo Paciência strengthens Académica] (in Portuguese). Académica Coimbra. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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