Zinho Gano

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Zinho Gano
SV Zulte Waregem
player in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Al-Hazem
Number 93
Youth career
Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015
Club Brugge
0 (0)
2013–2014
Lommel United
(loan)
22 (6)
2014–2015
Mouscron-Péruwelz
(loan)
17 (5)
2015–2017
Waasland-Beveren
73 (25)
2017–2018 Oostende 31 (8)
2018–2021 Genk 21 (1)
2019–2020Antwerp (loan) 11 (2)
2021Kortrijk (loan) 11 (6)
2021–2024 Zulte Waregem 67 (33)
2024– Al-Hazem 10 (8)
International career
2011 Belgium U18 2 (1)
2011–2012 Belgium U19 11 (1)
2022– Guinea-Bissau 7 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2024

Zinho Gano (born 13 October 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Hazem. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Early life

Gano was born in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium to a Bissau-Guinean father and a Belgian Flemish mother.[2]

Club career

Gano is a youth exponent from

Genk from fellow Pro League side Oostende for a value of £1.62 million.[4]

On 2 September 2019, he joined Antwerp on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[5]

International career

Gano made his senior debut for Guinea-Bissau on 23 March 2022, starting in a 3–0 friendly win over Equatorial Guinea.[6]

In December 2023, he was selected from the list of 25 Bissao-Guinean players selected by Baciro Candé to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Honours

Genk

References

  1. ^ "Zinho Gano - Profil".
  2. ^ "Ik kan het nog niet geloven". BlueArmy. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Anderlecht vs. Mouscron-Péruwelz - 27 July 2013". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. Genk
    . 2 July 2018.
  5. ^ "ONTDEK ONZE NIEUWE REDS!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Antwerp. 2 September 2019.
  6. ^ "BACIRO CANDÉ APOSTA EM OITO ESTREIAS NO ONZE DOS DJURTUS CONTRA GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL". 23 March 2022.