Franculino Djú
{{short description|Bissau-Guinean footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Franculino Djú
| full_name = Franculino Gluda Djú
| image =
| height = 1.82 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2004|06|28}}
| birth_place = Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Midtjylland
| clubnumber = 7
| youthyears1 = 2019–2023
| youthclubs1 = Benfica
| years1 = 2023–
| clubs1 = Midtjylland
| caps1 = 45
| goals1 = 18
| nationalyears1 = 2023–
| nationalteam1 = Guinea-Bissau
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate = 17 March 2025
| ntupdate = 20 March 2025
}}
Franculino Gluda Djú (born 28 June 2004) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Club career
After playing youth football for Benfica, he joined Midtjylland in 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/benfica/detalhe/franculino-dju-deixa-benfica-e-ruma-ao-midtjylland |title=Franculino Djú deixa Benfica e ruma ao Midtjylland |publisher=Record |date=2023-02-02 |lang=pt}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fcm.dk/nyheder/franculino-dju-er-ankommet-glaeder-mig-til-at-vise-hvad-jeg-kan/ |title=Franculino er ankommet: Glæder mig til at vise, hvad jeg kan |publisher=FCM.dk |date=2023-07-03 |lang=da}} He made his debut for Midtjylland in a 2–1 Danish Superliga win against Vejle on 13 August 2023.{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/08/13/denmark/superliga/vejle-boldklub-elitefodbold-as/fc-midtjylland/4081471/ |title=Vejle vs. Midtjylland |publisher=Soccerway |date=2023-08-13}} On 17 August 2023 he scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying match against Omonia.{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/08/17/europe/uefa-europa-conference-league/fc-midtjylland/ac-omonia-nicosia/4182168/ |title=Midtjylland vs. Omonia Nicosia |publisher=Soccerway |date=2023-08-17}}
International career
Djú was called up to the Guinea-Bissau national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in September 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.odemocratagb.com/?p=45790|title=Qualificação CAN'2023: BACIRO CANDÉ CHAMA ALAMA, OBLAK E PANOBU|website=O Democrata GB}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 16 March 2025}}{{Soccerway|franculino-gluda-dju/783015}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Danish Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Midtjylland
|27 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 5 | 32 | 17 |
| 2024–25
|Danish Superliga |18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12{{efn|Six appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League}} | 4 | 31 | 12 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!45 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 63 | 29 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 20 March 2025}}{{NFT|92198|access-date=30 June 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Guinea-Bissau
|2023 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||12||1 |
{{updated|match played 10 June 2024}}
:Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Djú goal
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Franculino Djú | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 11 September 2023 | Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | {{fb|SLE}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"|2–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.fcm.dk/truppen/franculino-dju/ Franculino Djú] at FC Midtjylland {{in lang|da}}
- [https://superliga.dk/fcm/franculino-dju Franculino Djú] at Danish Superliga {{in lang|da}}
- {{Soccerway|franculino-gluda-dju/783015}}
{{FC Midtjylland squad}}
{{Guinea-Bissau squad 2023 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Djú, Franculino}}
Category:Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
Category:Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:FC Midtjylland players
Category:Danish Superliga players
Category:Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
Category:Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Category:Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Denmark