Chiquinho Conde

Chiquinho Conde

Personal information
Full name	Francisco Queriol Conde Júnior
Date of birth	(1965-11-22) 22 November 1965
Place of birth	Beira, Mozambique
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	Maxaquene
1987–1991	Belenenses	115	(29)
1991–1992	Braga	22	(3)
1992–1994	Vitória Setúbal	58	(27)
1994–1995	Sporting CP	27	(3)
1996	Belenenses	4	(0)
1996–1997	Vitória Setúbal	20	(7)
1997	New England Revolution	17	(6)
1997	Tampa Bay Mutiny	8	(0)
1998–2000	Vitória Setúbal	75	(27)
2000–2001	Alverca	16	(1)
2001–2002	Portimonense	33	(3)
2002–2003	Imortal	35	(5)
2004–2005	Montijo
Total		430	(111)
International career
1985–2001	Mozambique	98	(?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Queriol Conde Júnior (born 22 November 1965), known as Chiquinho Conde, is a Mozambican retired footballer who played as a striker.

Most of his extensive professional career was spent in Portugal, mainly for Vitória Futebol Clube, with a brief spell in 1997 in the United States. Over the course of 13 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 309 games and 85 goals.

Football career

Born in Beira, Conde arrived in Portugal in the 1987 summer from Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene, and would remain in the country for the following decade, starting with C.F. Os Belenenses. After good spells at S.C. Braga and Vitória F.C. he signed with Sporting Clube de Portugal, but failed to reproduce his previous form, returning to Belenenses in January 1996.

Aged already 31, Conde moved to the recently created Major League Soccer, where he played for the New England Revolution and the Tampa Bay Mutiny. In January 1998 he returned to Portugal and a former club, Vitória Setúbal (for his third stint); in his first full season upon his return he netted a career-best 14 goals, as the latter team qualified for the UEFA Cup as fifth.

After spells at F.C. Alverca and Portimonense SC, Conde eventually retired in 2005, after playing amateur football in the country. He represented Mozambique during 16 years, appearing at the 1986 and the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, with the national side finishing bottom of the group in the latter. He was regarded as one of the best players the country ever produced, alongside Dário and Tico-Tico.

External links

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• Chiquinho Conde at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Chiquinho Conde at National-Football-Teams.com
• Official website Template:Pt icon at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-08)