Diogo Verdasca

Diogo Sousa Verdasca (born 26 October 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem F.C. as a central defender.

Diogo Verdasca
Verdasca with Zaragoza in 2017
Personal information
Full name Diogo Sousa Verdasca
Date of birth (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Beitar Jerusalem
Number 5
Youth career
2004–2005 Avintes
2005–2006 Oliveira Douro
2006–2010 Porto
2010–2012 Boavista
2012–2015 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Porto B 51 (2)
2017–2019 Zaragoza 60 (3)
2019– Beitar Jerusalem 33 (0)
National team
2012 Portugal U16 6 (0)
2012 Portugal U17 9 (0)
2013–2014 Portugal U18 7 (0)
2015 Portugal U19 2 (0)
2016 Portugal U20 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2020

Club career

Porto

Born in Porto, Verdasca played youth football for four clubs, including local FC Porto in two different spells.[1] On 9 August 2015 he made his senior debut, playing 81 minutes for the reserves in a 1–2 home loss to Portimonense S.C. for the Segunda Liga.[2] He scored twice during his first season, against C.D. Feirense (2–0 home win)[3] and S.L. Benfica B (3–1, also at home), as they won the championship but were ineligible for promotion.[4]

In February 2016, the 19-year-old Verdasca was called to the first team for the first time, for a UEFA Europa League match at Borussia Dortmund, but remained an unused substitute in the 0–2 away loss.[5][6]

Zaragoza

On 17 July 2017, Verdasca signed a three-year contract with Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza.[7] He was sent off on 9 December in the first half-hour of a 3–0 home defeat against Cádiz CF, for insulting the referee after receiving a yellow card.[8]

Verdasca scored his first goal for them on 8 September 2018, in a 4–0 away rout of Real Oviedo.[9]

Beitar Jerusalem

Verdasca switched countries again on 21 August 2019, joining Beitar Jerusalem F.C. of the Israeli Premier League on a two-year deal with the option of a third.[10] Just over a month after signing, his team won the Toto Cup with a 2–1 victory over Maccabi Haifa FC.[11]

Honours

Porto B

Beitar Jerusalem

References
  1. Aresta, Luís (15 February 2016). "Verdasca, o sucessor de Maicon?" [Verdasca, Maicon's successor?] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. "FC Porto B-Portimonense, 1–2: mais um milagre de André Carvalhas" [FC Porto B-Portimonense, 1–2: yet another miracle by André Carvalhas] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. "FC Porto B-Feirense, 2–0: Dragões resolvem jogo na primeira meia hora" [FC Porto B-Feirense, 2–0: Dragons decide game in first thirty minutes]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. "Título festejado com vitória no clássico" [Title celebrated with win in classic] (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. "Lukasz Piszczek and Marco Reus score as Dortmund control Porto in first leg". ESPN FC. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. "Dortmund-FC Porto: Peseiro esteve em risco de perder o único central que tinha" [Dortmund-FC Porto: Peseiro nearly lost the only stopper he had] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  7. "El central portugués Diogo Verdasca se compromete con el Real Zaragoza por tres temporadas" [Portuguese stopper Diogo Verdasca committs to Real Zaragoza for three seasons] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  8. Gaudioso, Sonia (10 December 2017). "Verdasca fue expulsado por decirle al árbitro: "Eres muy malo"" [Verdasca was sent off for saying to the referee: "You're very bad"]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  9. López, J. (9 September 2018). "Una goleada de década" [A rout for the ages]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  10. "El Beitar Jerusalem anuncia el fichaje de Verdasca" [Beitar Jerusalem announce the signing of Verdasca]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  11. Halickman, Joshua (26 September 2019). "A glorious year for blue-and-white athletes". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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