Cosimo Marco Da Graca (born 1 May 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie C Group A club Juventus Next Gen.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Cosimo Marco Da Graca | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-05-01) 1 May 2002 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Palermo, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Juventus Next Gen | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2014 | Calcio Sicilia | ||
| 2014–2019 | Palermo | ||
| 2018–2019 | → Juventus (loan) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] | 33 | (4) |
| 2021– | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2018 | Italy U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2020 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:56, 19 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Da Graca began his youth career at Calcio Sicilia aged 10, before moving to Palermo's youth sector aged 12.[2] He stayed there until 2018, when he moved to Juventus on loan, before making the move permanent in 2019 for €600,000.[3][4]
On 28 October 2020, Da Graca made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23, the reserve team of Juventus, in a 2–1 defeat to Como.[5] He scored his first goal for Juventus U23 on 7 March as a second-half substitute, scoring the game's sole goal in the 85th minute against Grosseto.[6] He was first called up to the senior side on 2 December 2020, as an unused substitute in a UEFA Champions League group stage game against Dynamo Kyiv.[4] Da Graca played his first game for Juventus on 27 January 2021, coming on as a substitute in a 4–0 win over SPAL in the Coppa Italia.[7] On 15 April, Juventus renewed Da Graca's contract until June 2024.[8]
Da Graca started the 2021–22 season with some muscular injuries. His debut in the season came on 24 October, coming on as substitute in the 71st minute in a 1–1 home draw against Pro Sesto; he also scored the equalizing goal in the 89th minute.[9] On 8 December, Da Graca made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 1–0 win against Malmö FF, coming on as substitute in the 89th minute.[10] On 17 January 2022, Da Graca was ruled out for a month to undergo treatment after it was diagnosed that he suffered from an irregular heartbeat.[11] Da Graca's first mach after his injury came on 23 February, in a match against Pro Patria won 1–0.[12] On 12 May, he scored a 30th-minute decider in Juventus U23's 1–0 away win to Renate in the third round of play-offs, allowing his team to access the further round.[13]
Eligible to represent Cape Verde through his father, Da Graca has played for Italy at youth level.[2] He went on trial for the under-15s,[2] before playing eight games for the under-16s in 2018.[14]
A left-footed player, Da Graca started out as a winger, before becoming a centre-forward because of his height of 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and his physicality.[2][4]
Da Graca was born in Palermo, Italy, to a father from Praia, Cape Verde.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] | 2020–21 | Serie C | 7 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie C | 17 | 3 | — | — | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 24 | 4 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie C | 9 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 6 | ||
| Juventus | 2020–21 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 6 | ||
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