Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço (born 19 January 1987), known simply as Fausto, is a Portuguese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a forward.

Club career

Fausto was born in

Miranda do Corvo Miranda do Corvo (), officially the Town of Miranda do Corvo (), is a town and a Concelho, municipality in the Portugal, Portuguese Coimbra District, district of Coimbra, with an area of and 2011 population of 13,098 inhabitants. History The fi ...

Coimbra District Coimbra District (, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra. Municipalities The district is composed by 17 municipalities: * Arganil * Cantanhede * Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), of ...

. An unsuccessful youth graduate at

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, he began his professional career with Académica de Coimbra, but never appeared officially for the team, going on to serve loans at third division sides G.D. Tourizense and Anadia FC. In July 2008, Fausto moved to

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with FC Lokomotiv Mezdra in the

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, failing to score as the club finished in eighth position. In the following years, he played in

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and

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fausto Lourenco 1987 births Living people People from Miranda do Corvo Footballers from Coimbra District Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football forwards Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Padroense F.C. players Académica de Coimbra (football) players G.D. Tourizense players Anadia F.C. players Leixões S.C. players C.D. Tondela players Académico de Viseu F.C. players S.C. Freamunde players Vilaverdense FC players Merelinense F.C. players Gondomar S.C. players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Lokomotiv Mezdra players Cypriot Second Division players Onisilos Sotira players Swiss Super League players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Atyrau players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Liga 3 (Portugal) players 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen