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Zezinho (Bissau-Guinean footballer)

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For other people with the same name, see José Luís Pinto.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family

name is Lopes.

Zezinho
Personal information
Full name José Luís Mendes Lopes
Date of birth (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Senica
Number 7
Youth career
Sporting Bissau
2008–2011 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Sporting Bissau
2011–2013 Sporting CP 5 (0)
2011–2012 → Atlético (loan) 22 (0)
2012–2016 Sporting B 61 (2)
2013–2014 → Veria (loan) 25 (1)
2014 → AEL Limassol (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 Levadiakos 17 (0)
2018– Senica 13 (0)
International career‡
2010– Guinea-Bissau 29 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2017

José Luís Mendes Lopes (born 23 September 1992), known as Zezinho Djafal or Zezinho, is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovak club FK Senica.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Zezinho finished his development with Sporting Clube de Portugal after joining its youth system at the age of 16. He made his debut as a senior in the 2011–12 season, being loaned to Atlético Clube de Portugal[1] and helping them to the ninth position in the Segunda Liga.

Subsequently returned to the Estádio José Alvalade, Zezinho appeared almost exclusively with the B-team during his tenure. His maiden Primeira Liga appearance occurred on 13 January 2013, as he came on as a 75th-minute substitute for Zakaria Labyad in a 2–0 away win against S.C. Olhanense;[2] he served a further two loans before being released in June 2016, at Veria F.C. from the Superleague Greece[3] and Cypriot First Division club AEL Limassol.[4]

International career

Zezinho earned his first cap for Guinea-Bissau on 4 September 2010 –19 days before his 18th birthday – in a 1–0 home win over Kenya for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Selected to the 2017 edition of the tournament by manager Baciro Candé,[5] he featured in three games[6] in an eventual group stage exit.

International goals

As of 4 June 2016 (Guinea-Bissau score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zezinho goal)[7]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 September 2015 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau  Congo 1–3 2–4 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2. 4 June 2016 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau  Zambia 1–0 3–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ^ "Reforço Zezinho "fecha" plantel comandado por João de Deus" [Addition Zezinho “closes” João de Deus-led squad] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Sporting vence e afasta-se dos lugares "perigosos" (vídeo)" [Sporting win and steer away from "dangerous" places (video)] (in Portuguese). TSF. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Rubio no Pandurii e Zezinho no Veria" [Rubio to Pandurii and Zezinho to Veria]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Sporting: Zezinho regressa para a equipa B" [Sporting: Zezinho returns to the B-team] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Um treinador, 18 'portugueses' e alguns velhos conhecidos" [One coach, 18 'Portuguese' and some old acquaintances]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Gabon 1–1 Guinea-Bissau". BBC Sport. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Zezinho – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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