Fransérgio Rodrigues Barbosa (born 18 October 1990), known as Fransérgio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Bordeaux. After starting his career with Atlético Paranaense and Internacional, he spent seven years in Portugal, where he made 192 Primeira Liga appearances split equally between Marítimo and Braga. He won the Taça de Portugal with the latter in 2021. Career Early career and Atlético-PR Born in Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Fransérgio played as a youth for Luverdense and Sorriso in his state before joining Paraná and eventually their rivals Atlético-PR. He represented the club for four seasons in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and scored the opening goal on 13 August 2011 in a 2–2 draw at São Paulo. In September 2010, he was loaned back to Paraná in Série B for the rest of the year. Internacional On 5 February 2012, Fransérgio made his debut for Internacional in the Campeonato Gaúcho, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for Jesús Dátolo in a 2–2 draw at rivals Grêmio; he was not officially presented by the club until after the game. Fransérgio was loaned out in May 2012 to Série B club Criciúma, and in December to Ceará. He arrived at second-tier club Guaratinguetá on loan in May 2013, and played 15 games, scoring in a 3–0 home win over Icasa on 13 July. Marítimo In January 2014, Fransérgio moved abroad for the first time, signing a 2-year deal with Marítimo of Portugal's Primeira Liga; his agent Marcelo Lipatín had played for the same club. He played seven matches in his first season in Madeira, and scored to conclude their 3–1 home win over Académica de Coimbra on 19 April. Fransérgio scored twice on 28 September 2014 in a 4–0 win over Vitória de Guimarães at the Estádio dos Barreiros in which all the goals came in the first half. A week later, he was sent off in a 3–2 loss at Paços de Ferreira. Fransérgio played two consecutive Taça da Liga finals for the club from Funchal, both lost to Benfica, and scored a penalty in the latter on 20 May 2016 in a 6–2 loss at the Estadio Cidade de Coimbra. Twelve days before that match, he was sent off in a 2–0 home loss to the same team. He scored a career-best five league goals over that season, including another brace against Vitória Guimarães in a