Francisco Mascarenhas (footballer)

Francisco Mascarenhas
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Fumaça de Mascarenhas da Costa Pessoa
Date of birth	15 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Cascais, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Oviedo
Number	17
Youth career
2009–2010	Estoril
2010–2014	GDS Cascais
2014–2016	Estoril
2016–2017	Belenenses
2017–2020	Estoril
2020–2022	Portimonense
Senior career*
Years	Team
2022–2023	Oviedo B
2023–	Oviedo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2024

Francisco Fumaça de Mascarenhas da Costa Pessoa (born 15 May 2000), sometimes known as Masca, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Oviedo.

Club career

Born in Cascais, Mascarenhas began his career with G.D. Estoril Praia in 2009, before returning to hometown side GDS Cascais in the following year. He then returned to Estoril in 2014, before spending a one-year spell at C.F. Os Belenenses in the 2016–17 season.^[1]

Ahead of the 2018–19 campaign, Mascarenhas was assigned to Estoril's under-23 squad for the newly-created Liga Revelação [pt].^[2] On 8 July 2020, he moved to Portimonense, being also assigned to the under-23 team.^[3]

On 26 August 2022, Mascarenhas moved abroad and joined Real Oviedo's reserves in Segunda Federación.^[4] He made his professional debut on 26 February of the following year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Sergi Enrich in a 1–1 Segunda División home draw against Albacete Balompié.^[5]

Mascarenhas scored his first professional goal on 7 May 2023, netting a last-minute winner in a 2–1 home success over Real Zaragoza.^[6] Late in the month, he renewed his contract until 2025.^[7]

References

^ "Francisco Mascarenhas vai 'trocar' Portimonense pelo futebol espanhol" [Francisco Mascarenhas will 'change' Portimonense for Spanish football] (in Portuguese). Notícias DF & Entorno. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Plantel Estoril Praia Sub-23 (Liga Revelação 2018/2019)" [Estoril Praia under-23 squad (2018/2019 Liga Revelação)] (in Portuguese). GD Estoril Praia. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Francisco Mascarenhas é reforço para os sub-23 do Portimonense" [Francisco Mascarenhas is an addition for the under-23s of Portimonense] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Francisco Mascarenhas, nuevo jugador del Real Oviedo Vetusta" [Francisco Mascarenhas, new player of Real Oviedo Vetusta] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "El Oviedo sigue atascado y el Alba saca un buen punto del Tartiere" [Oviedo remain stuck and Alba get a good point from the Tartiere] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Masca mantiene viva la magnífica racha del Oviedo" [Masca keeps the magnificent run of Oviedo alive] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^ "Masca, 2025" (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.