Kristopher_Da_Graca
Kristopher Da Graca
Cape Verdean footballer (born 1998)
Kristopher Santos Da Graca (born 16 January 1998) is a footballer who plays as a centre back for Veikkausliiga club KuPS, on loan from Sirius.[1] Born in Sweden, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kristopher Santos Da Graca | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KuPS (on loan from Sirius) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2013 | Hisingsbacka FC | ||
| 2013–2017 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | IFK Göteborg | 51 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | VVV-Venlo | 35 | (0) |
| 2022– | Sirius | 30 | (0) |
| 2023 | → HJK (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | → KuPS (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Sweden U17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Sweden U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Cape Verde | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:24, 19 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
On 6 January 2021, Da Graca was transferred from Swedish side IFK Göteborg to Dutch club VVV-Venlo.[2]
On 29 January 2022, Da Graca returned to Sweden and signed with IK Sirius.[3]
On 27 July 2023, Da Graca was loaned out to Finnish club HJK Helsinki for the rest of the 2023 season with a purchase option. After the season, he returned to Sirius.[4][5]
On 1 March 2024, Da Graca was loaned out to Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) in Veikkausliiga for the 2024 season, with a purchase option.[6]
Da Graca was born in Sweden to parents from Cape Verde.[7] He was a youth international for Sweden. In January 2020, he was selected for the Swedish national a-team's international training matches in Doha, Qatar against Moldova and Kosovo by head coach, Janne Andersson. He is still eligible to represent Cape Verde due to his heritage.
He made his international debut for the Sweden national team on 12 January 2020 in a friendly game against Kosovo.[8]
On 4 October 2023, Da Graca got a call-up to Cape Verde national team for friendly matches against Algeria and Comoros, on 12 and 17 October 2023, respectively.[9]
On the 17 of October, 2023, Da Graca debuted with the Cape Verdean national side and was included in the starting lineup in a friendly match against Comoros hosted at Stade Parsemain in Fos-sur-Mer, France. His side lost the match 2–1.[10]
- Kristopher Da Graca at Soccerway
- "VVV-Venlo sign Swedish centre-back with Arsenal past". Football Oranje. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "Kristopher Da Graca klar för Sirius Fotboll" (Press release) (in Swedish). IK Sirius. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- Kristopher Da Graca Ruotsista lainalle Klubiin, hjk.fi, 26 July 2023
- Pelaajasiirrot 2023-24 seuroittain, Veikkausliiga, 15 December 2023
- KuPSille kova vahvistus – tervetuloa Kuopioon Da Graca!, kups.fi, 1 March 2024
- "Kristopher Da Graca — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- "Cape Verde vs. Comoros 2023-10-17". NationalFootballTeams.com. 18 November 2023.
- Kristopher Da Graca at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- #4 Kristopher Da Graca at ifkdb.com
