Agostinho Odiquir Cá (born 24 July 1993) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Cá joined

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's youth system in 2009, aged 16. In the summer of 2012, after concluding his development, he moved to

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in Spain alongside teammate and compatriot

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. In

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, Cá started playing with

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in the

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. He made his official debut on 31 October 2012, featuring three minutes as a substitute for

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in a 4–1 away win against

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. After taking no part for ''Barça'' the following season, Cá was loaned to fellow league side

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on 24 January 2014. He played only once for his new team, replacing Juanlu for the final 11 minutes of a 6–0 victory over

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at the

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on 16 February. On 19 August 2015, Cá joined the third Catalan club of his career, being loaned alongside Joel Huertas to

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from

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. After appearing in no competitive games during the campaign, his loan was cancelled a month early. Cá began a trial at Italian

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side

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in September 2016, but a potential transfer was eventually scuppered by a knee injury. The following 1 April, he signed with

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in Lithuania's

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. In August 2018, Cá returned to his country of adoption and joined

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club C.D. Cova da Piedade. After only two appearances, he left on 18 November for personal reasons.

International career

Cá represented

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at the

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, playing three games in an eventual group stage exit.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ca, Agostinho 1993 births Living people Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Bissau Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Sporting CP footballers C.D. Cova da Piedade players G.D. Vitória de Sernache players Segunda División players Segunda División B players FC Barcelona Atlètic players Girona FC players Lleida CF players A Lyga players FC Stumbras players Lebanese Premier League players Shabab El Bourj SC players Portugal men's youth international footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania