Daniel Bragança
Daniel Santos Bragança (born 27 May 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sporting CP.
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| Full name | Daniel Santos Bragança[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1999[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fazendas de Almeirim, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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Current team  | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 68 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2018 | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | Sporting CP | 45 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Farense (loan) | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Estoril (loan) | 20 | (4) | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Portugal U21 | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours 
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:30, 1 May 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
Club career
    
Born in Fazendas de Almeirim, Santarém District, Bragança spent his entire youth career with Sporting CP.[2] On 10 January 2019, he was loaned to LigaPro club Farense until the end of the season.[3] He scored his first goal on 14 April to open a 3–1 home win against Estoril,[4] and followed it five days later with another in a 1–1 draw with Penafiel also at the Estádio de São Luís.[5]
Bragança was loaned again to a second tier side on 9 August 2019, this time Estoril.[6] He was sent off on 3 November for pulling the hair of Académico de Viseu's Kelvin Medina, and received a two-match ban.[7]
Bragança made his Sporting competitive debut on 24 September 2020 in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League at home to Aberdeen, as an 86th-minute substitute for Wendel in a 1–0 victory.[8] Three days later he appeared in his first Primeira Liga game, a 2–0 away defeat of Paços de Ferreira where he featured 25 minutes in place of Luciano Vietto.[9] He finished the campaign with 25 official appearances – 20 in the league – for the champions, and was given an improved salary at its closure.[10]
On 18 December 2021, Bragança scored his first goal for Sporting, closing the 3–0 away defeat of Gil Vicente.[11]
International career
    
On 5 September 2019, Bragança won his first cap for the Portuguese under-21 team, playing the entire 4–0 win against Gibraltar for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[12]
References
    
- "Daniel Bragança" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
 - "Daniel Bragança: "Sacrifícios valem a pena"" [Daniel Bragança: "To sacrifice is worth it"]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
 - "Sporting empresta Daniel Bragança ao Farense" [Sporting loan Daniel Bragança to Farense]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 January 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
 - "André Vieira sai do banco para 'bisar' e dar vitória ao Farense sobre o Estoril Praia" [André Vieira comes off the bench to score brace and give Farense victory over Estoril Praia] (in Portuguese). TSF. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
 - "Farense empata com Penafiel e está apenas a dois pontos da zona de descida" [Farense draw with Penafiel and are just two points off relegation zone]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
 - Travassos, Nuno (9 August 2019). "Sporting: Daniel Bragança emprestado ao Estoril" [Sporting: Daniel Bragança loaned to Estoril] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
 - "Puxão de cabelos a adversário dá dois jogos de castigo a Daniel Bragança" [Pulling hair of opponent gives two-game punishment to Daniel Bragança] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
 - Kundert, Tom (24 September 2020). "Europa League: Rio Ave stun Besiktas as Sporting see off Aberdeen". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
 - "Uma vitória a 'Paços'. Sporting entra da melhor forma na I Liga" ['Step-by-step' (wordplay using similar word to that of opposing team, "Passos"/"Paços") victory. Sporting start I League in the best possible way] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
 - Gomes, Rui Miguel (20 June 2021). "Sporting: salário de Bragança aumenta para os 400 mil por época e contrato será renovado" [Sporting: Bragança salary increased to 400 thousand per season and contract will be renewed]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
 - "VÍDEO: Daniel Bragança estreia-se a marcar e fecha vitória do Sporting" [VIDEO: Daniel Bragança has scoring debut and closes Sporting win] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
 - Gouveia, Ricardo (5 September 2019). "Euro Sub-21: Portugal-Gibraltar, 4–0 (destaques)" [Under-21 Euro: Portugal-Gibraltar, 4–0 (highlights)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
 - Kundert, Tom (11 May 2021). "10 reasons why Sporting are Champions of Portugal". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
 - Ribeiro, Patrick (23 January 2021). "Sporting battle their way to League Cup glory with victory over Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
 - Ribeiro, Patrick (29 January 2022). "Sporting defend their Taça da Liga title in second-half turnaround versus Benfica". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
 
External links
    
- Daniel Bragança at ForaDeJogo
 - National team data (in Portuguese)
 - Daniel Bragança at Soccerway
 
