Vozinha
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Josimar José Évora Dias | ||
Date of birth | 3 June 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Mindelo, Cape Verde | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AS Trenčín | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2011 | Batuque FC[2] | ||
2011 | CS Mindelense[2] | 0 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Progresso | 51 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → CS Mindelense (loan)[1] | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Zimbru Chișinău | 26 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Gil Vicente | 28 | (0) |
2017–2022 | AEL Limassol | 116 | (0) |
2022– | AS Trenčín | 26 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012– | Cape Verde | 73 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024 |
Josimar José Évora Dias (born 3 June 1986), known as Vozinha, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AS Trenčín.
He played for clubs in his own country, Angola, Moldova, Portugal and Cyprus. A full international with over 50 caps for Cape Verde since 2012, he played at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, 2015, 2021 and 2023
Club career
Born in
After a year at FC Zimbru Chișinău in Moldova, Vozinha moved in August 2016 to Gil Vicente F.C. of the Portuguese second tier.[3]
International career
Vozinha made his debut for Cape Verde on 8 September 2012 in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations playoff first leg at home to Cameroon, a 2–0 win.[4] He remained in goal for the second leg in Yaoundé on 14 October, a 2–1 loss that saw his country qualify for their first major tournament.[5] At the finals in South Africa, the team reached the quarter-finals before a 2–0 loss to Ghana; he conceded the second goal after going up the pitch in the dying seconds to attack a corner kick.[6]
Vozinha also played at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[7] On 7 October 2020, he earned his 50th cap in a 2–1 friendly win away to Andorra,[8] and a year later he was called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.[9] Vozinha was called up to play at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations for Cape Verde.[10]
Honours
AEL Limassol
Personal
His younger brother Delmiro was also a Cape Verde international.[12]
References
- ^ a b Vozinha at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b Football Database Profile
- ^ "Vozinha no Gil Vicente de Portugal" [Vozinha to Portugal's Gil Vicente]. Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 5 August 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Cabo Verde vence Camarões por 2 -0 com sabor a pouco" [Cape Verde defeat Cameroon 2-0 with little flavour] (in Portuguese). Notícias do Norte. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Cabo Verde pela primeira vez na CAN" [Cape Verde in the ACN for the first time] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Vozinha: «Entramos em campo sempre para ganhar»" [Vozinha: "We always go out on the pitch to win"]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Seleção de Cabo Verde: Vozinha completou 50 jogos pela seleção nacional" [Cape Verde national team: Vozinha completed 50 games for the national team] (in Portuguese). Gaft Sports. 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Afcon 2021: Ethiopia and Cape Verde squads for finals in Cameroon where he was sent off in the round of 16 vs Senegal". BBC Sport. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "CAN 2023: Os 26 convocados". 28 December 2023.
- ^ Mantzas, Andreas (23 May 2019). "AEL Limassol end 30-year Cyprus Cup drought". AGONAsport.
- ^ "Progresso contrata Delmiro, irmão de Vozinha" [Progresso hire Delmiro, brother of Vozinha] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 29 January 2014.