Santa Clara sees the signing of Gonçalo Paciência as an opportunity to bring immediate benefits to the team managed by Vasco Matos. Gonçalo Paciência is a free agent after leaving Sport Recife, the Brazilian club where he played last season and scored five goals in 22 appearances. The Portuguese international has a long and varied career in national and international football, including spells at Académica, Olympiakos (Greece, where he won the championship), Rio Ave, Vitória de Setúbal, Eintracht Frankfurt - where he won the UEFA Europa League in the 2021/2022 season -, Schalke and Bochum (all in Germany), Celta de Vigo (Spain), Hiroshima (Japan) and Sport Recife (Brazil).