Fausto Lourenço

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fausto

| image =

| fullname = Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/jogador/fausto-lourenco/112927|title=Fausto Lourenço|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=5 January 2022}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|1|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Miranda do Corvo, Portugal

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Académica de Coimbra

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1997–1998 | youthclubs1 = Lousanense

| youthyears2 = 2000–2001 | youthclubs2 = Mirandense

| youthyears3 = 2001–2002 | youthclubs3 = Académica

| youthyears4 = 2002–2003 | youthclubs4 = Padroense

| youthyears5 = 2003–2005 | youthclubs5 = Porto

| years1 = 2005–2008 | clubs1 = Académica | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = → Tourizense (loan) | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2007–2008 | clubs3 = → Anadia (loan) | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 8

| years4 = 2008–2009 | clubs4 = Lokomotiv Mezdra | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2009–2010 | clubs5 = Onisilos | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2010–2011 | clubs6 = Neuchâtel Xamax | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2011–2012 | clubs7 = Leixões | caps7 = 26 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2012–2013 | clubs8 = Atyrau | caps8 = 7 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2013–2014 | clubs9 = Tondela | caps9 = 9 | goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2014 | clubs10 = Académico Viseu | caps10 = 17 | goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2014–2018 | clubs11 = Freamunde | caps11 = 130 | goals11 = 16

| years12 = 2018 | clubs12 = Vilaverdense | caps12 = 15 | goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2018–2019 | clubs13 = Merelinense | caps13 = 31 | goals13 = 7

| years14 = 2019–2020 | clubs14 = Gondomar | caps14 = 23 | goals14 = 7

| years15 = 2020–2023 | clubs15 = Anadia | caps15 = 80 | goals15 = 36

| years16 = 2023–2024 | clubs16 = Académica de Coimbra | caps16 = 19 | goals16 = 1

| totalcaps = | totalgoals =

| club-update = 5 June 2024

| nationalteam-update =

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Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço (born 19 January 1987), known simply as Fausto, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a forward.

Club career

Fausto was born in Miranda do Corvo, Coimbra District. An unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Porto, he began his professional career with Académica de Coimbra, but never appeared officially for the team, going on to serve loans at third division sides G.D. Tourizense and Anadia FC.{{cite web|url=https://www.afatv.pt/noticia/fausto-lourenco-exorta-a-simbiose-que-deu-a-lideranca-ao-anadia-fc-no-campeonato-de-portugal|title=Fausto Lourenço exorta a simbiose que deu a liderança ao Anadia FC no Campeonato de Portugal|trans-title=Fausto Lourenço exhorts symbiosis that put Anadia FC in first place of the Portugal Championship|publisher=AFA TV|first=Vítor Hugo|last=Carmo|language=pt|date=4 February 2021|access-date=5 January 2022}}

In July 2008, Fausto moved to Bulgaria with FC Lokomotiv Mezdra in the First Professional Football League, failing to score as the club finished in eighth position. In the following years, he played in Cyprus and Switzerland.{{cite news|url=https://www.jn.pt/desporto/dormiu-quatro-horas-e-meia-foi-pai-e-ainda-marcou-tres-golos-13541929.html|title=Dormiu quatro horas e meia, foi pai e ainda marcou três golos|trans-title=He slept four and a half hours, became a father and still scored three goals|newspaper=Jornal de Notícias|first=João Pedro|last=Campos|language=pt|date=7 April 2021|access-date=5 January 2022}}