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Portuguese footballer (born 2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dário Cassia Luís Essugo (born 14 March 2005) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Las Palmas on loan from Sporting CP.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dário Cassia Luís Essugo[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 March 2005||
Place of birth | Odivelas, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Las Palmas (on loan from Sporting CP) | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2014 | Santa Maria | ||
2014–2022 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Sporting CP | 12 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Sporting CP B | 27 | (0) |
2024 | → Chaves (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2024– | → Las Palmas (loan) | 8 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Portugal U15 | 5 | (0) |
2019 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (0) |
2022 | Portugal U17 | 5 | (1) |
2021 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) |
2021–2024 | Portugal U19 | 18 | (0) |
2022– | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
2023– | Portugal U21 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC) |
Essugo was born in Odivelas, Lisbon metropolitan area of Angolan descent, and joined Sporting CP's youth academy at the age of 9.[2][3] On 16 March 2021 he signed his first professional contract[4] and, four days later, before he had even appeared in a match for the junior, under-23 or reserve side,[3] he made his debut in the Primeira Liga with the first team, coming on as a late substitute for João Mário in a 1–0 win against Vitória de Guimarães; at 16 years and 6 days, he became the youngest-ever debutant in the club's history.[5][2]
On 7 December 2021, Essugo became Portugal's youngest player to debut in the UEFA Champions League, when he took the field in the second half of the 4–2 away loss to AFC Ajax in the group stage aged 16 years and 268 days.[6][7] He broke another club record the following 5 March, when he surpassed Luís Figo as the youngest starter at 16 years, 11 months and 17 days in a 2–0 home victory over F.C. Arouca.[8]
On 31 January 2024, Essugo was loaned to fellow top-division G.D. Chaves until the end of the season.[9] When it ended, he had been crowned national champion for the second time but also relegated.[10][11]
Essugo was loaned to UD Las Palmas of the Spanish La Liga on 30 August 2024, being initially registered by the reserves.[12]
Essugo represented Portugal at youth level.[13][2] He was selected for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Israel,[14] scoring in the quarter-finals against France (2–2 after 120 minutes, 6–5 penalty shootout loss).[15]
Essugo won his first cap for the under-21 team at just 18, in a 3–0 friendly win over Andorra on 8 September 2023.[16][17]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting CP | 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Sporting CP B | 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Liga 3 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
Total | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
Sporting CP
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