Eduardo Quaresma
Eduardo Filipe Quaresma Coimbra Simões (born 2 March 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for C.D. Tondela on loan from Sporting CP. Club career. Born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, Quaresma joined the youth academy of G.D. Fabril at the age of 3 before moving to Sporting CP in 2011. In May 2020, the club rejected a bid of €5 million and Diego Laxalt from A.C. Milan in exchange for his signature. Inter Milan and RB Leipzig were also interested in him, but he agreed to a new contract to tie him  to Sporting until 2025, with a €45 million buyout clause and annual salary of €250,000. Quaresma made his professional debut in a 2–2 Primeira Liga draw away to Vitória S.C. on 4 June 2020, playing the full game. In the following season, he contributed two appearances (three overall) as his team won the national championship for the first time in 19 years. On 23 July 2021, Quaresma was loaned to C.D. Tondela for one year without a buying option. He scored his first goal in the Portuguese top flight on 7 January 2022, a late consolation in the  1–3 home loss to S.L. Benfica. International career. Quaresma earned his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 6 September 2021, in a 1–0 victory over Belarus in the 2023 UEFA European Championship qualifiers held in Amadora. Personal life. Quaresma is a distant relative of Brazilian international Zico. Honours. Sporting CP