Fábio Sturgeon

Fábio Sturgeon
Personal information
Full name Fábio Miguel dos Santos Sturgeon
Date of birth (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994
Place of birth Almada, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Belenenses
Number 17
Youth career
2003–2007 Charneca da Caparica
2007–2010 Pescadores
2010–2013 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Belenenses 81 (6)
National team‡
2014 Portugal U20 5 (0)
2014– Portugal U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2014
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Sturgeon.

Fábio Miguel dos Santos Sturgeon (born 4 February 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.F. Os Belenenses as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Almada, Setúbal District to an English father and a Portuguese mother,[1] Sturgeon joined C.F. Os Belenenses' youth system at the age of 16. Still a junior he made his professional debuts with the first team, playing one minute in a 0–0 away draw against F.C. Penafiel for the season's League Cup.[2]

Sturgeon first appeared in the second division on 24 April 2013, coming on as a half-time substitute for Yacine Si Salem in a 0–2 home loss to U.D. Oliveirense.[3] He totalled four appearances as his team won the league title, getting a first start on 12 May in a 2–1 win at C.D. Trofense.

After being used mostly off the bench in Belenenses' first season back in the Primeira Liga, Sturgeon made his breakthrough in 2014–15, playing 31 games and starting all but four. In the opener, on 17 August 2014, he scored his first professional goal in the sixth minute of a 3–1 away success over Penafiel,[4] and his second came on 4 April in a 2–0 victory against Moreirense F.C. at the Estádio do Restelo.[5]

Sturgeon started all ten fixtures in the 2015–16 edition of the UEFA Europa League, in an eventual group stage exit.

International career

Sturgeon was eligible to represent England and Portugal internationally.[1] He appeared for the under-20 team of the latter at the 2014 Toulon Tournament, and gained his first cap for the under-21s on 13 November 2014, playing 21 minutes in a 1–3 away friendly defeat against England.[6]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Liverpool plot transfer of starlet Fabio Sturgeon from Portuguese side Belenenses". Daily Mirror. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Penafiel 0–0 Belenenses" (in Portuguese). LPFP. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Belenenses-Oliveirense, 0–2: Azuis perdem invencibilidade caseira" [Belenenses-Oliveirense, 0–2: Blues lose at home for the first time] (in Portuguese). Record. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (17 August 2014). "Penafiel-Belenenses, 1–3 (crónica)" [Penafiel-Belenenses, 1–3 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Moreirense perdeu com o Belenenses (2–0) no Restelo" [Moreirense lose to Belenenses (2–0) in Restelo] (in Portuguese). GMR TV. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "England U21 3–1 Portugal U21: Ings looking up for Gareth Southgate as local hero Danny scores twice at Turf Moor". Daily Mail. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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