Juary Soares

Juary Martinho Soares (born 20 February 1992) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a defender. He plays for Portuguese Liga 3 side Amora.

Not to be confused with Soares (Bissau-Guinean footballer).
Juary Soares
Personal information
Full name Juary Martinho Soares
Date of birth (1992-02-20) 20 February 1992
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Amora
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2009 Sporting Bissau
2009–2011 Sporting
2009–2010 → U. Leiria (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Sporting 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Sertanense (loan) 23 (0)
2012 → U. Leiria (loan) 0 (0)
2013–2014 Sporting B 16 (0)
2014–2015 Tirsense 10 (0)
2014–2015 S.L. Benfica de Macau 12 (3)
2015–2016 S.U. 1º Dezembro 27 (0)
2016–2020 Mafra 94 (2)
2020–2021 Créteil 18 (0)
2021– Amora 8 (1)
International career‡
2016– Guinea-Bissau 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:45, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

On 13 January 2013, Juary made his debut with Sporting B in a 2012–13 Segunda Liga match against Oliveirense.[1]

After six years in the Portuguese second and third levels, split by a year in Macau with Benfica de Macau in 2014–15, Juary moved to France, joining Championnat National side Créteil in the summer of 2020.[2]

International career

Juary Soares was born in Guinea-Bissau, but raised in Portugal. He was called up by the Guinea Bissau national football team for their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Kenya, and made his debut in a 1-0 win.[3] That qualification campaign was for the first time successful and at the Africa Cup Nations debut match for Guinea-Bissau, Juary Soares scored the equalising goal in stoppage time against host country Gabon.

International goals
Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first.[4]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 January 2017Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon Gabon1–11–12017 Africa Cup of Nations

References
  1. "Sporting B-Oliveirense" (in Portuguese). LPFP. 2013-01-13.
  2. "L'Interview de la nouvelle recrue Juary Soares" (in French). US Créteil-Lusitanos. 22 July 2020.
  3. Football. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". CAF – Confederation of African. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  4. "Soares, Juary". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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