João Jaquité

João Lamine Jaquité (born 22 February 1996) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Romanian club CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.

João Jaquité
Personal information
Full name João Lamine Jaquité[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996[1]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Number 55
Youth career
2012–2014 Povoense
2014–2015 Tondela
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Povoense 2 (0)
2015–2021 Tondela 53 (1)
2017–2018Lusitano Vildemoinhos (loan) 32 (2)
2021–2022 Vilafranquense 13 (0)
2022–2023 Hapoel Nof HaGalil 8 (0)
2023– Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 6 (0)
International career
2019– Guinea-Bissau 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:45, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021

Club career

Tondela

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.[2]

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. in the top division.[3][4] In the 2017–18 season, he was loaned to third tier club Lusitano FCV.[5]

Jaquité scored his first goal in the Portuguese top flight on 21 February 2021, in a 4–2 defeat at S.C. Braga.[6]

Vilafranquense

On 20 August 2021, Jaquité signed with U.D. Vilafranquense of the Liga Portugal 2.[7] He totalled 16 appearances during his spell.[8]

Later career

In the following seasons, Jaquité represented Hapoel Nof HaGalil FC (Israeli Liga Leumit)[8] and CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (Romanian Liga II).[9]

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.[10] He was selected for the finals by coach Baciro Candé.[11]

References

  1. "João Jaquité" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. "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.
  3. Pereira, Arménio (20 December 2015). "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). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. "Não há quem marque penaltis" [No penalty scorers]. O Beirão (in Portuguese). 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. Ferreira, Bruno José (21 February 2021). "Sp. Braga-Tondela, 4–2 (crónica)" [Sp. Braga-Tondela, 4–2 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. Silva, Flávio Miguel (20 August 2021). "João Jaquité deixa Tondela e é confirmado no Vilafranquense" [João Jaquité leaves Tondela and is confirmed at Vilafranquense]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  8. Silva, Flávio Miguel (26 June 2022). "Jaquité abandona Vilafranquense para ter primeira experiência fora de Portugal" [Jaquité leaves Vilafranquense to have first experience outside of Portugal]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  9. Zeferino, André (20 July 2023). "Pedro Albino a caminho dos romenos do FC Ceahlaul" [Pedro Albino on his way to Romania's FC Ceahlaul]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  10. "Guinea-Bissau 2–2 Mozambique". Confederation of African Football. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  11. Soliman, Seif (12 June 2019). "Ittihad's Toni Silva named in Guinea Bissau's AFCON squad". KingFut. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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