Xisco Pires

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Xisco Pires
Personal information
Full name Francisco Manuel Pires Costa
Date of birth (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
La Solana
Number 1
Youth career
2013–2017 FC Andorra
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 FC Andorra 9 (0)
2019–2020 UE Santa Coloma 13 (0)
2020–2021 Engordany 8 (0)
2021–2022 Manchego 11 (0)
2022–2023 Vianense 4 (0)
2023– La Solana 0 (0)
International career
2014 Andorra U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Andorra U19 5 (0)
2017–2020 Andorra U21 6 (0)
2020– Andorra 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2021

Francisco Manuel "Xisco" Pires Costa (born 25 January 1998) is an Andorran footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club CF La Solana and the Andorra national team. [1]

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Career

Pires made his international debut for Andorra on 7 October 2020 in a friendly match against Cape Verde, which finished as a 1–2 home loss. [2]

Career statistics

International

As of 3 June 2021 [2]
Andorra
YearAppsGoals
202010
202110
Total20

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References

  1. Xisco Pires at WorldFootball.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Francisco Pires". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2020.