João Jaquité

João Lamine Jaquité (born 22 February 1996) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club C.D. Tondela.

João Jaquité
Personal information
Full name João Lamine Jaquité
Date of birth (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Tondela
Number 5
Youth career
2012–2014 Povoense
2014–2015 Tondela
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Povoense 2 (0)
2015– Tondela 26 (0)
2017–2018 → Lusitano Vildemoinhos (loan) 32 (2)
National team‡
2019– Guinea-Bissau 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Club career

Born in Bissau, Jaquité started playing organised football in Portugal, with amateurs União Atlético Povoense. On 8 July 2015, C.D. Tondela announced his promotion to the senior team, recently promoted to the Primeira Liga.[1]

Jaquité appeared in his first match as a professional on 20 December 2015, starting and playing 52 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against Vitória F.C. for the top division championship.[2][3] In the 2017–18 season, he was loaned to third level club Lusitano FCV.[4]

International career

Jaquité won his first cap for Guinea-Bissau on 23 March 2019, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute for Zezinho in a 2–2 home draw to Mozambique for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[5]

References
  1. "Jaquité assina com o Tondela" [Jaquité signs with Tondela] (in Portuguese). CD Tondela. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. "Petit estreia Pica e Jaquité na receção ao Vitória de Setúbal" [Petit hands debuts to Pica and Jaquité in reception to Vitória de Setúbal]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 20 December 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. "Não há quem marque penaltis" [No penalty scorers]. O Beirão (in Portuguese). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. Sousa, Ricardo (20 July 2017). "Dispensados de Pepa têm agora duas soluções" [Pepa discards have two options now]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. "Guinea-Bissau 2–2 Mozambique". Confederation of African Football. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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