Fausto Lourenço

Fausto
Personal information
Full name	Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço
Date of birth	19 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Miranda do Corvo, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Académica de Coimbra
Youth career
1997–1998	Lousanense
2000–2001	Mirandense
2001–2002	Académica
2002–2003	Padroense
2003–2005	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2008	Académica
2006–2007	→ Tourizense (loan)
2007–2008	→ Anadia (loan)
2008–2009	Lokomotiv Mezdra
2009–2010	Onisilos
2010–2011	Neuchâtel Xamax
2011–2012	Leixões
2012–2013	Atyrau
2013–2014	Tondela
2014	Académico Viseu
2014–2018	Freamunde
2018	Vilaverdense
2018–2019	Merelinense
2019–2020	Gondomar
2020–2023	Anadia
2023–2024	Académica de Coimbra
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024

Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço (born 19 January 1987), known simply as Fausto, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a forward.

Club career

Fausto was born in Miranda do Corvo, Coimbra District. An unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Porto, he began his professional career with Académica de Coimbra, but never appeared officially for the team, going on to serve loans at third division sides G.D. Tourizense and Anadia FC.^[2]

In July 2008, Fausto moved to Bulgaria with FC Lokomotiv Mezdra in the First Professional Football League, failing to score as the club finished in eighth position. In the following years, he played in Cyprus and Switzerland.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Fausto Lourenço" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ Carmo, Vítor Hugo (4 February 2021). "Fausto Lourenço exorta a simbiose que deu a liderança ao Anadia FC no Campeonato de Portugal" [Fausto Lourenço exhorts symbiosis that put Anadia FC in first place of the Portugal Championship] (in Portuguese). AFA TV. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ Campos, João Pedro (7 April 2021). "Dormiu quatro horas e meia, foi pai e ainda marcou três golos" [He slept four and a half hours, became a father and still scored three goals]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2022.

External links

Fausto at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Fausto national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Fausto at Soccerway

[Profile-1] "Fausto Lourenço" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[2] Carmo, Vítor Hugo (4 February 2021). "Fausto Lourenço exorta a simbiose que deu a liderança ao Anadia FC no Campeonato de Portugal" [Fausto Lourenço exhorts symbiosis that put Anadia FC in first place of the Portugal Championship] (in Portuguese). AFA TV. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[3] Campos, João Pedro (7 April 2021). "Dormiu quatro horas e meia, foi pai e ainda marcou três golos" [He slept four and a half hours, became a father and still scored three goals]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2022.

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