Gaspar Azevedo

José Gaspar
Personal information
Full name	José Gaspar da Silva Azevedo
Date of birth	1 June 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Santo Tirso, Portugal
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1987–1993	Trofense
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1995	Trofense
1995–1996	Tirsense
1996–1997	Vitória Setúbal
1997–1998	Porto
1998–1999	Leça
1999–2000	Alverca
2000–2001	Paços Ferreira
2001–2002	Alverca
2002–2004	Gil Vicente
2004–2005	Ajaccio
2005–2007	Belenenses
2007–2012	Rio Ave
2012–2013	Covilhã
2013–2014	Varzim
Total
International career
1997	Portugal U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Gaspar da Silva Azevedo (born 1 June 1975 in Santo Tirso, Porto), known as simply Gaspar, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

During the vast majority of his career, Gaspar rarely played more than one season with the same club. He represented C.D. Trofense, F.C. Tirsense (where he made his Primeira Liga debuts), Vitória de Setúbal, FC Porto (which were crowned league champions at the end of the 1997–98 campaign, but he was only fourth of fifth-choice in his position), Leça FC – in a brief return to the second division – F.C. Alverca (he represented the Lisbon side on two occasions), F.C. Paços de Ferreira and Gil Vicente FC, amassing top level totals of 185 games and 16 goals in his first eight years as a professional.

In the 2004–05 campaign Gaspar played for AC Ajaccio in France, appearing in 16 Ligue 1 matches, then switched back to his country with C.F. Os Belenenses. At the age of already 32 he would settle at Rio Ave FC, helping the Vila do Conde team return to the top flight in his first season while adding a round-of-16 presence in the domestic cup.

From 2008 to 2011 Gaspar only missed five league matches for Rio Ave combined, also netting three goals as the club consecutively managed to maintain its division status. In July 2012, after having appeared in a total of 322 games in the main category of Portuguese football (19 goals), he signed for one year with S.C. Covilhã in division two.

External links

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Gaspar Azevedo at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Gaspar Azevedo at Soccerway