Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço (born 19 January 1987 in Miranda do Corvo

Miranda do Corvo

Miranda do Corvo is a Portuguese town and municipality in the Coimbra district of Portugal.Miranda do Corvo literally means "View over the Corvo River." The town has a beautiful church situated on a hill overlooking the area. A large "Rio de Janeiro"-type statue of Jesus also looks out over the...

), simply Fausto, is a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 footballer who plays for Leixões Sport Club

Leixões Sport Club

Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as just Leixões, is a sports club from Matosinhos, Portugal. It is organized into several specialized departments for many events such as football, boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming, and billiards...

, as a forward.

Football career

An unsuccessful youth graduate at F.C. Porto, Fausto began his professional career with Académica de Coimbra, but never appeared officially for the team, going on to serve loans at third division

Portuguese Second Division

The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

 clubs G.D. Tourizense

G.D. Tourizense

Grupo Desportivo Tourizense is a Portuguese football club based in Touriz, Tábua Municipality. Founded in 1975, it currently plays in the Portuguese third division, holding home games at Estádio Visconde do Vinhal, with a 1,200-seat capacity.-History:...

 and Anadia FC.

In July 2008, he moved to Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

 with PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra

PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra

PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, currently playing in the North-West V AFG.Until the 2007-08 season, the team participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian divisions, but gained a promotion to the top level for 2008-09. The club's home ground...

 in the A PFG, appearing regularly and failing to score in the league, as the club finished in eighth position. In the following years, he played in Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 and Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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External links

• Stats and profile at uefa.com
• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo
• Guardian Stats Centre

Fausto did their training at FC Porto ... where three and a half years, has about 90 goals ... signed a professional contract with FC Porto for two years and was entered in the Champions League for the first team! After he joined Académica de Coimbra, still in junior age, capturing the main Academica!