Santa Clara keen, Gonçalo Paciência eyes Portuguese return

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·26 January 2026

Santa Clara keen, Gonçalo Paciência eyes Portuguese return

Santa Clara is interested in signing Gonçalo Paciência. According to the newspaper A Bola, the Azores club is considering the possibility of securing the Portuguese forward, who recently ended his contract with Sport Recife, in Brazil.

Gonçalo Paciência left FC Porto in the 2017/18 season and has been playing abroad since then. At 31 years old, the international striker may return to the Primeira Liga, after having played for clubs such as Bochum, Celta de Vigo, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Schalke 04.