Francisco Machado
Defender · Lusitânia Lourosa · №52
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Lusitânia Lourosa
FC Porto B
Liga Portugal 2
|
2:0 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Liga Portugal 2 | 2026 | 1 |
About the player
Francisco Machado came through the academies of Portugal's two biggest clubs before settling into first-team football on the country's second tier. He started out at Sporting , moved on to Benfica 's youth ranks, and eventually joined Académico de Viseu , where his path finally led to senior minutes.
The breakthrough came with Viseu's Under-23 side. In the 2025/2026 season, Machado was part of the squad that won the Liga Revelação, Portugal's national Under-23 championship. He made his senior debut for Académico de Viseu's first team the previous season, 2024/2025.
Machado left Viseu for Lusitânia Lourosa in the summer of 2026, a club then playing in Liga Portugal 2.
Machado has also been capped by Portugal at youth level.
Career path
- 2027 — now Lusitânia FC Lourosa 6 matches
- 2024 — 2026 Académico Viseu FC U23 65 matches
- 2024 Académico Viseu 1 match
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Lusitânia FC Lourosa | Liga Portugal 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 540 |
| 25/26 | Académico Viseu FC U23 | Liga Next Gen U23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 209 |
| 25/26 | Académico Viseu FC U23 | Liga Revelação U23 - Championship round | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 260 |
| 25/26 | Académico Viseu FC U23 | Cup Revelacao U-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| 24/25 | Académico Viseu FC U23 | Liga Next Gen U23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 128 |
| 24/25 | Académico Viseu FC U23 | Liga Revelação U23 - Cup Qualifying | 11 | 3 | 0 | 931 |
| 24/25 | Académico Viseu FC U23 | Cup Revelacao U-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| 23/24 | Académico Viseu FC U23 | Liga Next Gen U23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 341 |
| 23/24 | Académico Viseu | Liga Portugal 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 23/24 | Académico Viseu FC U23 | Liga Revelação U23 - Cup Qualifying | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Académico Viseu FC U23 | 65 | 8 | 3 | 5 031 | |
| Total | Lusitânia FC Lourosa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 540 | |
| Total | Portugal U17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 289 | |
| Total | Académico Viseu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Transfers
Transfers- 26/27 Ac. Viseu S23 Lus. Lourosa
- 23/24 Benfica U19 Ac. Viseu S23
- 22/23 Benfica U17 Benfica U19
- 20/21 Benfica Yth Benfica U17
- 19/20 Anadia Form. Benfica Yth
