Dário Essugo

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Luís and the second or paternal family name is Essugo.
Dário Essugo
Personal information
Full name Dário Cassia Luís Essugo[1]
Date of birth (2005-03-14) 14 March 2005 (age 16)[1]
Place of birth Odivelas, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting CP B
Number 84
Youth career
2013–2014 Santa Maria
2014– Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Sporting CP 1 (0)
2021– Sporting CP B 6 (0)
National team‡
2019 Portugal U15 5 (0)
2019 Portugal U16 9 (0)
2021– Portugal U18 2 (0)
2021– Portugal U19 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:19, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:19, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Dário Cassia Luís Essugo (born 14 March 2005) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sporting CP B.

Club career[]

Essugo was born in Odivelas, Lisbon metropolitan area of Angolan descent, and joined Sporting CP's youth academy at the age of 9.[2][3] On 16 March 2021 he signed his first professional contract[4] and, four days later, before he had even appeared in a match for the junior, under-23 or reserve side,[3] he made his debut in the Primeira Liga with the first team, coming on as a late substitute for João Mário in a 1–0 win against Vitória de Guimarães; at 16 years and 6 days, he became the youngest-ever debutant in the club's history.[5][2]

On 7 December 2021, Essugo became Portugal's youngest player to debut in the UEFA Champions League, when he took the field in the second half of the 4–2 away loss to AFC Ajax in the group stage aged 16 years and 268 days.[6][7]

International career[]

Essugo represented Portugal at youth level.[8][2]

Honours[]

Sporting CP

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Dário Essugo" (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Dário Essugo é o mais jovem de sempre a jogar pelo Sporting e chora no final da partida" [Dário Essugo is the youngest ever to play for Sporting and cries at the end of the match]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "A nova estrela do futebol português nasceu para o futebol em Odivelas" [The latest star of Portuguese football was born to football in Odivelas] (in Portuguese). Odivelas Hoje. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Dário Essugo assinou contrato profissional com o Sporting" [Dário Essugo signed a professional contract with Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. ^ Andrade, David (20 March 2021). "Sporting subiu mais um degrau" [Sporting further up the ladder]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Liga Campeões: Ajax-Sporting, 4–2 (crónica)" [Champions League: Ajax-Sporting, 4–2 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. ^ Pinto, Pedro Filipe (8 December 2021). "Essugo faz história na equipa mais nova de sempre do Sporting na Champions" [Essugo makes history in Sporting's youngest-ever team in the Champions]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Dário Essugo treina com a equipa principal e assina contrato profissional" [Dário Essugo trains with the first team and signs professional contract]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  9. ^ Kundert, Tom (11 May 2021). "10 reasons why Sporting are Champions of Portugal". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

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