Fausto Lourenço

Fausto Jorge Dias Lourenço, known simply as Fausto, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played 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 in his first spell, going on to serve loans at third division sides G.D. Tourizense and Anadia FC.
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.
Fausto then represented, in his country's Segunda Liga, Leixões SC, C.D. Tondela, Académico de Viseu F.C. and S.C. Freamunde. He also had a brief stint in the Kazakhstan Premier League with FC Atyrau.
On 3 April 2021, shortly after having become a father, the 34-year-old Fausto scored a hat-trick for Anadia in a 4–0 win against S.C. Beira-Mar in the third tier. He finished his career in that league at the end of the 2023–24 season with Académica, then worked with his last club as assistant and interim manager.