Francisco Junior

Francisco Santos da Silva Junior (born 18 January 1992) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I side Gaz Metan Mediaș. He represented Portugal internationally at under-19 and under-21 level, before being called up to the Guinea-Bissau senior team in 2017.

Originally from Guinea-Bissau, he was signed by Portuguese side Benfica whilst with Benfica de Bissau in 2007. He signed with English club Everton in February 2012, who loaned him out to Vitesse Arnhem (Holland), Stromsgodset (Norway), Port Vale, and Wigan Athletic. He joined Stromsgodset (Norway) on a free transfer in February 2016 and was an unused substitute in the 2018 Norwegian Football Cup final. After two seasons, he joined Vendsyssel FF (Denmark) in December 2018. He spent the 2019–20 season with Israeli club Hapoel Haifa and then joined Romanian club Gaz Metan Mediaș in October 2020.

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