Gonçalo Paciência

Gonçalo Paciência
Paciência with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022
Personal information
Full name Gonçalo Mendes Paciência
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
Sport Recife
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2013 Porto
2009–2010Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Porto B 35 (14)
2015–2018 Porto 10 (0)
2015–2016Académica (loan) 27 (3)
2016Olympiacos (loan) 1 (0)
2017Rio Ave (loan) 15 (1)
2017–2018Vitória Setúbal (loan) 18 (5)
2018–2022 Eintracht Frankfurt 52 (13)
2020–2021Schalke 04 (loan) 15 (1)
2022–2024 Celta 25 (2)
2023–2024VfL Bochum (loan) 19 (3)
2024–2025 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 8 (2)
2025– Sport Recife 11 (5)
International career
2009–2010 Portugal U16 8 (1)
2010–2011 Portugal U17 17 (5)
2011–2012 Portugal U18 4 (2)
2013 Portugal U19 9 (7)
2013 Portugal U20 2 (0)
2014–2017 Portugal U21 17 (6)
2016 Portugal U23 4 (3)
2017–2019 Portugal 2 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2015 Czech Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:43, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Gonçalo Mendes Paciência (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡõˈsalu pɐˈsjẽsjɐ]; born 1 August 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Sport Recife.

Formed at Porto, he appeared mainly for the reserves during his spell, playing only 16 competitive games with the first team and also being loaned four times. In 2018, he signed with Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.

A former youth international for Portugal, Paciência made his senior debut in 2017 and scored his only goal in his second match.