Kristopher Da Graca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kristopher Santos Da Graca | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | IK Sirius | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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– | IK Sirius | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Sweden U17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Sweden U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:14, 16 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:14, 16 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kristopher Santos Da Graca (born 16 January 1998) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a centre back for Allsvenskan club IK Sirius.[1]
Club career
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]
International career
Da Graca was born in Sweden to parents from Cape Verde.[4] 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 Moldavia 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.[5]
References
- ^ Kristopher Da Graca at Soccerway
- ^ "VVV-Venlo sign Swedish centre-back with Arsenal past". Football Oranje. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Kristopher Da Graca klar för Sirius Fotboll" (Press release) (in Swedish). IK Sirius. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Kristopher da Graça o filho de cabo-verdiano que joga no Arsenal - DTudo1Pouco". dtudo1pouco.com.
- ^ "Kristopher Da Graca — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
External links
- Kristopher Da Graca at SvFF (in Swedish)
- Soccerway template with ID not in Wikidata
- CS1 maint: url-status
- CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
- Articles with short description
- Articles with Swedish-language sources (sv)
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Gothenburg
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden youth international footballers
- Swedish people of Cape Verdean descent
- Swedish sportspeople of African descent
- European sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
- Allsvenskan players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Hisingsbacka FC players
- IFK Göteborg players
- IK Sirius Fotboll players
- VVV-Venlo players
- Association football defenders
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands