Francisco Trincao

Birth Day December 29th, 1999
Birth Place Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Age 24 Years Old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn

Francisco Trincao Biography

A Portuguese professional footballer, Francisco Antonio Machado Mota Castro Trincao is professionally known as Francisco Trincao. He plays as a winger (position) for Spanish club Barcelona (Current Team) and the Portugal national team. He made his debut in Spain's La Liga for Barcelona in September 2020 whereas he previously played for Portuguese side Braga, with whom he won the Taca da Liga title in 2020. Francisco began his youth career in Vianense's academy in 2008 and later joined Braga, with whom he made his pro debut with the reserve side in 2016. He won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship title in 2018 playing for Portugal's U19 squad. He finished as the tournament's top scorer. Scroll down to have more deets about Trincao's Full Biography, Personal Life, Interesting Facts, Net Worth, Family, Wiki, Age, & more.

Famous For

  • Being a Portuguese professional footballer.
  • For playing as a winger for Spanish club Barcelona and the Portugal national team.

Francisco Trincao, a professional footballer

Source: @barcauniversal

Francisco Trincao Early Life & Family

Francisco Trincao took birth as Francisco Antonio Machado Mota Castro Trincao on 29th December 1999 in Viana do Castelo, Portugal (hometown/birthplace). Since he was born in Portugal, he holds Portuguese nationality and he belongs to Portuguese-white ethnicity. He is from the Christianity religion and his race is white. Trincao happily celebrates his every birthday on the 29th December of every year and he has celebrated his 21st birthday as of 2020. As per his birthdate, his star sign is Capricorn. He is the son of mother Goncalo Trincao however his father's details are unknown. He has one sibling, a sister. 

Francisco Trincao Career

Braga

  • Francisco Trincao kicks off his football career with hometown club SC Vianense as he had a spell at FC Porto and two at S.C. Braga, where he finished his development.
  • He then made his senior debut on 2nd April 2016 for Braga's reserves in Segunda Liga, as an 81st-minute substitute for Carlos Fortes in a 2-1 away loss against S.C. Freamunde whereas he scored his first senior goal on 7th May 2017, but in a 2-3 home defeat to FC Porto B.
  • As well, he scored five times in 2017-2018, including twice on 1st October in a 5-4 home win over C.D. Nacional for a first victory of the season, and signed a new five-year contract at the end.
  • He played his first competitive match with the first team in a 4-0 victory on 28th December 2018 at Vitaria F.C. in the group stage of the Taca da Liga where he replaced Fransergio in the 62nd minute.
  • He scored his first goal for Braga on 12th December 2019 in the last group phase game of the UEFA Europa League, also assisting in the 4-2 win at SK Slovan Bratislava as his team advanced in the first place.
  • Trincao was a 50th-minute replacement for Galeno as the "Arsenalistas" won the league cup final against FC Porto at the "Estadio Municipal de Braga".

Barcelona

  • FC Barcelona announced on 31st January 2020, the transfer of Francisco, initially effective on 1st July whereas he signed a five-year contract for a 31 million euro fee, with a buyout clause of 500 million euro and made his La Liga debut on 27th September, playing 12 minutes of the 4-0 home victory over Villarreal CF. He was handed his first start on 20th October in the 5-1 home rout of Ferencvarosi TC in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, replacing Antoine Griezmann as the starting right-winger and putting up a good performance.
  • He then scored his first goal on 7 February 2021, closing the 3-2 away win against Real Betis in the domestic league.

FC Barcelona signed Francisco Trincao a five-year contract

Source: @bleacherreport

International career

Youth

  • Francisco was a member of the Portugal team which won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship beating Italy 4-3 after extra time in July 2018; he scored once in the match in Seinajoki, Finland. He finished joint top scorer in the tournament with five goals, his others being braces against Norway in the first group fixture and Ukraine in a 5-0 semi-final rout.
  • He played all three games for Portugal and scored the only goal of the opening win against South Korea at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland and later won his first cap at the under-21 level on 5th September of that year, scoring once and being involved in two other goals in the 4-0 win over Gibraltar for the 2021 European Championship qualifiers.

Senior

  • Francisco had his first senior call-up for UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Sweden the following month in August 2020 and made his debut on 5th September, replacing Bernardo Silva in the 78th minute of a 4-1 home defeat of the former.

Francisco Trincao Awards and Achievements

Braga

  • Taca da Liga: 2019-2020 

Portugal

  • UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2018 

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-19 Championship Top Scorer: 2018 (5 goals, tied with Jota)

Francisco Trincao Holding the Cup During His Time In SC Braga

Source: @fcbarcelona

Francisco Trincao Personal Life & Girlfriend

Francisco Trincao is not a married guy as he is only 21 years old. He is young to be married to someone. Being young, he has also not been in any relationship till and it seems like he is sharpening his strength and skills to make his all dreams come true rather than being stuck in a relationship. However, he might be dating a beautiful girl at present or might be living a single life. He has not clearly disclosed his personal life. Francisco's sexual orientation is straight.

Francisco Trincao Net Worth & Salary

Francisco Trincao has a net worth of around 19.5 million euros as of 2021, and his salary is around 6 million euros, while he has a market value of around 25 million euros. He joined Barcelona for a five-year contract for a 31 million euro fee in 2020, with a buyout clause of 500 million euro. With his hard work and luck by his side, he can double the amount of wealth he has today and he will surely make a good fortune out of his career if he continues to flourish in his career. In addition, his major source of income is from his football career.

Francisco Trincao Body Measurement 

Young and handsome football star Francisco Trincao is only 21 years old who stands at an ideal height of 6 feet and 0 inches or 1.84 m with a perfect body weight of around 70 kg. He has dark brown eyes and hair color. Trincao's body build is athletic however his body measurement like his chest size, waist size, biceps, and other are unknown.

Did you find any mistake? Help us to update this page.