Gonçalo Gregório

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Gregório.
Gonçalo Gregório
Personal information
Full name Gonçalo Almeida Gregório
Date of birth (1995-06-14) 14 June 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 União Leiria
Number 9
Youth career
2003–2007 Estoril Praia
2007–2014 Belenenses
2013–2014 →Vitória Setúbal (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Belenenses 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Loures (loan) 13 (5)
2015–2016 → Casa Pia (loan) 44 (13)
2016–2017 Leixões 11 (1)
2017 → Farense (loan) 10 (2)
2017 Vilafranquense 15 (3)
2018–2019 Casa Pia 31 (24)
2019–2020 Paços de Ferreira 8 (0)
2019–2020 → Braga B (loan) 24 (19)
2020–2021 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 27 (5)
2021– União Leiria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 February 2022

Gonçalo Almeida Gregório (born 14 June 1995) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Portuguese club União Leiria as a forward.

Club career[]

Born in Lisbon, Gregório spent most of his youth career in the ranks of local C.F. Os Belenenses. He never made the first team, but had loans to Vitória FC, G.S. Loures and Casa Pia AC, the latter two as a senior in the third tier.

In June 2016, Gregório rescinded his contract with the team from Belém and joined Leixões S.C. of the Segunda Liga.[1] He made his debut on 31 July in a 2016–17 Taça da Liga match against C.D. Cova da Piedade.[2] He made 13 total appearances for the team from Matosinhos, scoring as a substitute for Kikas in a 2–2 comeback win at home to S.C. Braga B on 19 October.[3] On 2 January 2017, he went back to the third division on loan to S.C. Farense until the end of the season.[4]

Gregório signed for U.D. Vilafranquense on 31 May 2017, on a one-year deal with the option of a second.[5] The following January, he returned to Casa Pia. He scored 22 goals in 17 games in the first half of 2018–19, including three hat-tricks, of which one was a four-goal haul in a 7–0 win at on 9 December.[6]

On 31 January 2019, Gregório signed a 31⁄2-year deal at F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[7] He played eight games, just one start, as they won promotion to the Primeira Liga as champions. On 2 July, he was loaned to S.C. Braga for the upcoming season with the option to buy.[8]

On 24 August 2020, Gregório signed a two-year contract with Polish club Zagłębie Sosnowiec.[9]

Personal life[]

Gregório's father played professionally as a defender, mainly for Belenenses.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Santos, Luis (23 June 2016). "Leixões anunciou três reforços" [Leixões announced three additions] (in Portuguese). CA Notícias. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Cova da Piedade 1-1 Leixões". ForaDeJogo. 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  3. ^ "Leixões-Sp. Braga B, 2-2: Arsenalistas desperdiçam vantagem de dois golos" [Leixões-Sp. Braga B, 2-2: Arsenalistas let two-goal lead slip]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Gonçalo Gregório emprestado ao Farense" [Gonçalo Gregório loaned to Farense]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Vilafranquense anuncia contratações de Gonçalo Gregório e João Freitas" [Vilafranquense announce signings of Gonçalo Gregório and João Freitas]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b Gouveia Pereira, Miguel (11 December 2018). "Filho de central virou goleador do Casa Pia e é o melhor em Portugal" [Son of defender became Casa Pia goalscorer and is the best in Portugal]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Nathan Júnior e Gonçalo Gregório garantidos pelo Paços de Ferreira" [Nathan Júnior and Gonçalo Gregório confirmed by Paços de Ferreira]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Paços de Ferreira empresta avançado ao Sp. Braga" [Paços de Ferreira loan forward to Sp. Braga] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Oficjalnie: Gregório piłkarzem Zagłębia!" [Official: Gregório is a Zagłębie player!] (in Polish). Zagłębie Sosnowiec. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

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