Gonçalo Paciência

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Paciência.

Gonçalo Mendes Paciência (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡõˈsalu pɐˈsjẽsjɐ]; born 1 August 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Gonçalo Paciência

Paciência with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Gonçalo Mendes Paciência[1]
Date of birth	(1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal[1]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-forward
Team information
Current team	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Number	99
Youth career
2002–2013	Porto
2009–2010	→ Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Porto B	35	(14)
2015–2018	Porto	10	(0)
2015–2016	→ Académica (loan)	27	(3)
2016	→ Olympiacos (loan)	1	(0)
2017	→ Rio Ave (loan)	15	(1)
2017–2018	→ Vitória Setúbal (loan)	18	(5)
2018–2022	Eintracht Frankfurt	52	(13)
2020–2021	→ Schalke 04 (loan)	15	(1)
2022–2024	Celta	25	(2)
2023–2024	→ VfL Bochum (loan)	19	(3)
2024–	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5	(2)
International career
2009–2010	Portugal U16	8	(1)
2010–2011	Portugal U17	17	(5)
2011–2012	Portugal U18	4	(2)
2013	Portugal U19	9	(7)
2013	Portugal U20	2	(0)
2014–2017	Portugal U21	17	(6)
2016	Portugal U23	4	(3)
2017–2019	Portugal	2	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2015 Czech Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:50, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Formed at Porto, he appeared mainly for the reserves during his spell, playing only 16 competitive games with the first team and also being loaned four times. In 2018, he signed with Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.

A former youth international for Portugal, Paciência made his senior debut in 2017 and scored his first goal in his second match.

Club career

Porto

Born in Porto, Paciência joined FC Porto's youth system at the age of only 8. He made his senior debut on 12 January 2014, starting for the B team in a 2–0 home win against Portimonense in the Segunda Liga.^[2] He scored his first goals in the competition on 22 March, helping to a 2–2 away draw with Feirense.^[3]

Paciência first appeared in competitive games with the main squad on 21 January 2015, again acting as starter in a 1–1 draw at Braga in the Taça da Liga.^[4] He netted his first goal in the same competition, in a 4–1 home victory over Académica de Coimbra that took place the following week.^[5]

On 29 July 2015, Paciência joined Académica in a season-long loan.^[6] On 31 August 2016, still owned by Porto, he moved to Olympiacos.^[7] His spell at the latter club, which was undermined by heart problems, was concluded in December.^[8][9]

Paciência continued to be loaned the following seasons, to Rio Ave^[10] and Vitória de Setúbal.^[11] On 25 August 2017, while at the service of the latter club, he scored an own goal in an eventual 1–1 away draw against Belenenses, coached by his father.^[12] On 27 January 2018, he netted early in the final of the League Cup and also converted his penalty shootout attempt, in a loss to Sporting CP after a 1–1 draw in regulation time.^[13]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 12 July 2018, deemed surplus to requirements as practically all Portuguese players by manager Sérgio Conceição, Paciência signed a four-year contract with German club Eintracht Frankfurt.^[14] He made his debut on 18 August in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, in which he came on as a late substitute and scored a consolation in a 2–1 defeat for the holders at Regionalliga team SSV Ulm,^[15] but a month later he suffered a knee injury in training.^[16] He returned for his Bundesliga debut the following 17 February, as a last-minute replacement for Sébastien Haller in a 1–1 home draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach;^[17] he finished the season with three goals, beginning with the added-time winner against Hoffenheim at the Waldstadion on his first start.^[18]

Paciência scored seven league goals in 2019–20 campaign for the ninth-placed side (ten in all competitions),^[19] including two on 18 October in a 3–0 home win over Bayer Leverkusen. He played regularly under manager Adi Hütter alongside compatriot André Silva and Dutchman Bas Dost, making up for the sales of Haller, Luka Jović and Ante Rebić;^[20] on 25 January he signed a new contract until 2023.^[21]

On 15 September 2020, Paciência joined Schalke 04 on a year-long loan with an option to make the move permanent.^[22] His maiden league appearance took place three days later, when he started in the 8–0 away loss to Bayern Munich;^[23] on 18 October he scored his only goal for the eventually relegated team to gain a home draw against Union Berlin, their first point in the eighth game of the season.^[24] From November to April, he was sidelined with another knee injury.^[25]

Paciência scored twice in Eintracht's run to the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final, earning a win and a draw against Royal Antwerp.^[26][27] He was unused for the decisive match at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, a penalty shootout defeat of Rangers.^[28]

Celta

On 6 August 2022, Paciência moved to Spain after agreeing to a three-year deal at Celta.^[29] He scored on his La Liga debut a week later, in a 2–2 home draw with Espanyol.^[30] He did not hold down a regular place in the team during his first season, particularly after the arrival of compatriot Carlos Carvalhal as manager, and his minutes dried up further after the signing of Haris Seferovic in January.^[31]

On 1 September 2023, Paciência returned to Germany after agreeing to a one-year loan deal at VfL Bochum.^[32] He terminated his contract with the Galicians on 19 August 2024.^[33]

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

On 2 September 2024, Paciência moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima on a one-and-a-half-year deal.^[34] Twelve days later, he scored on his J1 League debut, in a 2–2 away draw against Kashima Antlers.^[35] He repeated the feat in his first appearance in the AFC Champions League Two, helping to a 3–0 home win over Kaya–Iloilo in the group phase.^[36]

International career

Paciência earned 57 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring 21 goals. His first game for the under-21 team was on 5 March 2014 at the age of 19, when he started and missed a second-half penalty in a 2–0 home win over North Macedonia in the 2015 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.^[37] Selected for the finals in the Czech Republic, he collected three substitute appearances for the runners-up, scoring in the 1–1 group stage draw with Sweden and converting his shootout attempt in the final against the same opponent.^[38][39][40]

Paciência was part of the squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics, netting three times in the group phase^[41][42][43] in an eventual quarter-final exit. He first appeared with the full side on 14 November 2017, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Gelson Martins in a 1–1 friendly draw against the United States.^[44] In his second match, exactly two years later, he played the entire 6–0 rout of Lithuania in the Algarve in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying stage, scoring the fourth goal.^[45]

Personal life

Paciência's father, Domingos, was also a footballer and a forward. He too was developed at Porto.^[46][47]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 May 2024^[48][49]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Porto B	2013–14	Segunda Liga	19	5	—		—		—		—		19	5
	2014–15	Segunda Liga	16	9	—		—		—		—		16	9
	Total		35	14	—		—		—		—		35	14
Porto	2014–15	Primeira Liga	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	—		4	1
	2017–18	Primeira Liga	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	—		12	0
	Total		10	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	—		16	1
Académica (loan)	2015–16	Primeira Liga	27	3	2	1	1	0	—		—		30	4
Olympiacos (loan)	2016–17	Super League Greece	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		1	0
Rio Ave (loan)	2016–17	Primeira Liga	15	1	—		0	0	—		—		15	1
Vitória Setúbal (loan)	2017–18	Primeira Liga	18	5	2	1	5	5	—		—		24	10
Eintracht Frankfurt	2018–19	Bundesliga	11	3	1	1	—		6	1	0	0	18	5
	2019–20	Bundesliga	23	7	4	0	—		16	3	—		43	10
	2021–22	Bundesliga	18	3	1	0	—		6	2	—		25	5
	Total		52	13	6	1	—		28	6	0	0	86	20
Schalke 04 (loan)	2020–21	Bundesliga	15	1	1	0	—		—		—		16	1
Celta	2022–23	La Liga	25	2	3	1	—		—		—		28	3
	2024–25	La Liga	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		25	2	3	1	—		—		—		28	3
VfL Bochum (loan)	2023–24	Bundesliga	19	3	0	0	—		—		2[a]	0	21	3
Career total			217	42	15	4	9	6	30	6	2	0	273	58

1. Appearances in Bundesliga relegation playoffs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal[50]	2017	1	0
	2019	1	1
Total		2	1

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paciência goal.^[50]

List of international goals scored by Gonçalo Paciência

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 November 2019	Estádio Algarve, São João da Venda, Portugal	Lithuania	4–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Honours

Olympiacos

• Super League Greece: 2016–17

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2017–18^[51]

Eintracht Frankfurt

• UEFA Europa League: 2021–22^[28]

Individual

• SJPF Segunda Liga Player of the Month: February 2015
• SJPF Segunda Liga Young Player of the Month: March 2014

See also

• List of association football families

References

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7. Στον Ολυμπιακό ο Πασιένσια [Paciência to Olympiacos] (in Greek). Sport 24. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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28. "Eintracht Frankfurt bate Rangers nos penáltis e conquista a Liga Europa" [Eintracht Frankfurt beat Rangers on penalties and conquer the Europa League] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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45. Fernandes, Nuno (14 November 2019). "Bernardo a jogar, Ronaldo a marcar. Goleada com vista para o apuramento" [Bernardo playing, Ronaldo scoring. Rout with a view to a qualification]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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47. "Gonçalo Paciência é muito diferente do pai" [Gonçalo Paciência is very different from his father] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
48. Gonçalo Paciência at ForaDeJogo (archived)
49. Gonçalo Paciência at Soccerway
50. "Gonçalo Paciência". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
51. "FC Porto é campeão nacional 2017/2018" [FC Porto are 2017/2018 national champions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

External links

• Gonçalo Paciência at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Portuguese League profile (in Portuguese)
• Gonçalo Paciência at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Gonçalo Paciência national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
• Gonçalo Paciência at National-Football-Teams.com