Gonçalo Inácio, born on 25 August 2001 (age 25), is a Portuguese central defender whose senior career has been almost entirely shaped at Sporting CP. There is no need to pad it out: the weight of the work is in Lisbon, where he has become a long-serving first-team player rather than a passing academy success.
Across seven seasons with Sporting CP, Inácio has made 176 league appearances and scored 13 league goals. His most productive league campaign was 2021-2022, when he scored four times in 28 appearances, a decent return for a centre-half without turning him into something he is not.
In 2026-2027, he has made seven appearances for Sporting CP in all competitions, scoring once, including six in Liga Portugal and one in the Champions League. He has also featured three times for Portugal in European World Cup qualifying. His market value is around £38.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
Inácio’s career to date is a clear Sporting CP one: steady league mileage, some goal threat from defence, and a place in the Portugal set-up by his mid-twenties.
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