Fausto Lourenço

Fausto
Personal information
Full name Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Miranda do Corvo, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Forward
Youth career
1997–1998 Lousanense
2000–2001 Mirandense
2001–2002 Académica
2002–2003 Padroense
2003–2005 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Académica 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Tourizense (loan) 16 (3)
2007–2008 → Anadia (loan) 25 (8)
2008–2009 Lokomotiv Mezdra 15 (0)
2009–2010 Onisilos 9 (3)
2010–2011 Neuchâtel Xamax 9 (0)
2011–2012 Leixões 26 (2)
2012–2013 Atyrau 7 (0)
2013–2014 Tondela 9 (3)
2014 Académico Viseu 17 (2)
2014–2018 Freamunde 130 (16)
2018 Vilaverdense 15 (1)
2018–2019 Merelinense 31 (7)
2019–2020 Gondomar 23 (7)
2020–2023 Anadia 80 (36)
2023–2024 Académica 19 (1)
Total 431 (89)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço (born 19 January 1987), known simply as Fausto, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Fausto was born in Miranda do Corvo, Coimbra District.[2] An unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Porto, he began his professional career with Académica de Coimbra, but never appeared officially for the team in his first spell, going on to serve loans at third division sides G.D. Tourizense and Anadia FC.[3]

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.[4]

Fausto then represented, in his country's Segunda Liga, Leixões SC,[5] C.D. Tondela, Académico de Viseu F.C.[6] and S.C. Freamunde.[7] He also had a brief stint in the Kazakhstan Premier League with FC Atyrau.[2]

On 3 April 2021, shortly after having become a father, the 34-year-old Fausto scored a hat-trick for Anadia in a 4–0 win against S.C. Beira-Mar in the third tier.[4] He finished his career in that league at the end of the 2023–24 season with Académica,[8] then worked with his last club as assistant and interim manager.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fausto Lourenço" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Fausto no Cazaquistão devido às melhores condições" [Fausto in Kazakhstan due to better conditions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ "Fausto Lourenço assina por uma época" [Fausto Lourenço signs for one season]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Ac. Viseu garante avançado Fausto Lourenço" [Ac. Viseu confirm forward Fausto Lourenço] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Freamunde renovado regressa ao trabalho na segunda-feira" [Renewed Freamunde return to work on Monday]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 June 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Fausto Lourenço é reforço" [Fausto Lourenço is addition]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Nota de Imprensa – Treinador" [Press Release – Manager] (in Portuguese). Académica Coimbra. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  10. ^ Pereira, Daniel Filipe (28 September 2024). "Académica: Fausto com o foco no Caldas descarta assumir função de treinador" [Académica: Fausto focused on Caldas rejects taking over as coach]. As Beiras (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2025.
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