Trincão makes history for Sporting, but faces tough questions from... | OneFootball

Francisco Trincão is having the best start to a career ever. With five goals in seven games, Sporting’s number 17 has been the best player for the green and whites in 2025/26, but Rui Borges believes the winger is capable of even more.

At the moment, Trincão is finding the back of the net every 126 minutes of play. Compared to the Portuguese international’s previous best records, this time is cut in half: 248 minutes was the left-footer’s record in previous seasons.

Francisco Trincão has started the season in great form and, if he keeps up this pace, he could even have the best individual season of his career, surpassing 2024/25. Last year, the green and white playmaker scored 11 goals and provided 17 assists over 54 games.

“I’m not at all surprised and I’m happy for Trincão, but he has to give even more, and I’m not just talking about goals,” said Rui Borges, Sporting’s coach, at the end of the match against Kairat, in which the Lions’ forward scored twice – and which resulted in a lost award to a Ruben Amorim outcast.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Francisco Trincão – valued at 35 million euros – has played seven matches. At the start of this campaign, the Portuguese international forward has started every official game, already recording five goals and one assist.

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