Agostinho (footballer)

Joaquim Agostinho
Personal information
Full name	Joaquim Agostinho da Silva Ribeiro
Date of birth	15 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1986–1990	Paços Ferreira
1990–1993	Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1995	Vitória Guimarães
1995	Real Madrid B
1996	Sevilla
1996–1997	Salamanca
1997–1998	Las Palmas
1998–2002	Málaga
2001–2002	→ Paris Saint-Germain (loan)
2002–2003	Moreirense
2003–2004	Poli Ejido
2004–2005	Felgueiras
2005–2007	Rio Ave
2007–2008	Valdevez
2008–2010	Palencia
Total
International career
1995–1996	Portugal U20
1996–1997	Portugal U21
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joaquim Agostinho da Silva Ribeiro (born 15 September 1975 in Paços de Ferreira), known as Agostinho, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a winger.

He spent most of his professional career in Spain, playing 182 matches (with 18 goals) in the two major levels. In his country, without really settling anywhere, he represented five clubs, totalling only 63 appearances in the Primeira Liga.

Club career

After impressing as a youngster at Vitória Sport Clube in Guimarães, Agostinho moved abroad aged 20, but his first experience would be a very unhappy one, only appearing twice for Real Madrid Castilla and Sevilla FC combined. He would spend the following three seasons in the Spanish second division, consecutively with UD Salamanca, UD Las Palmas and Málaga CF; with the latter, in 1998–99, he teamed up with compatriot Edgar (also newly signed and also arrived from Real Madrid) to propel the Andalusians to La Liga, contributing with 38 matches and three goals.

Agostinho continued to appear significantly for Málaga in the following years, but also had an unassuming loan spell in France with Paris Saint-Germain FC,^[1] after which he was released in June 2002. His career was somewhat unnoticeable from then onwards, as he played mainly in Spain's and Portugal's second levels or with modest teams in the top flight, consecutively representing Moreirense FC, Polideportivo Ejido, F.C. Felgueiras and Rio Ave FC. He only played 14 competitive games in two full campaigns with the latter, and was released at the age of 32.

Agostinho then moved to the Portuguese third division with C.A. Valdevez, after which he again returned to Spain, joining CF Palencia in the fourth tier and helping it promote in his debut season. He left the club in June 2010 and retired shortly after, at nearly 35.

References

^ Crépin, Timothé (26 January 2017). "Mercato, Ligue 1: Ces Portugais passés par le PSG" [Market, League 1: Portuguese men with spells at PSG] (in French). France Football. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

External links

Agostinho at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Agostinho at BDFutbol
Agostinho national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Agostinho – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] Crépin, Timothé (26 January 2017). "Mercato, Ligue 1: Ces Portugais passés par le PSG" [Market, League 1: Portuguese men with spells at PSG] (in French). France Football. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

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