Zezinando

Zezinando
Personal information
Full name	Zezinando Odelfrides Gomes Correia
Date of birth	1 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Trat
Number	8
Youth career
1998–1999	Farense
1999–2006	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2009	Sporting CP
2006–2007	→ Estoril (loan)
2007–2008	→ Atlético (loan)
2008–2009	→ Real Massamá (loan)
2009–2010	Estrela Amadora
2011–2012	Samut Songkhram
2013–2014	Air Force Central
2015–	Trat
International career
2005–2006	Portugal U19
2006–2007	Portugal U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Zezinando Odelfrides Gomes Correia (born 1 January 1987), known simply as Zezinando, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Thai club Trat F.C. as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Zezinando moved with his parents to Portugal still an infant, and, at the age of 12, he joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's famed youth academy. In the following three years, he would only collect some appearances for the Lions during preseason, being successively loaned to clubs in the Lisbon area, appearing in the 2006–07 season in the second division with G.D. Estoril Praia and playing in the third level in the following years.

On 26 June 2009, Zezinando underwent a trial at Heart of Midlothian of Scotland alongside compatriot João Moreira.^[2] An eventual deal fell through, and both signed with C.F. Estrela da Amadora in the third tier of Portuguese football.

In late October 2011, after more than one year without a club, Zezinando joined Samut Songkhram F.C. in the Thai Premier League.^[3]

International career

Zezinando chose to represent Portugal internationally. He appeared with the under-20s at the 2007 FIFA World Cup in Canada, playing all four matches in an eventual round-of-16 exit.^[4]

Honours

Air Force Central

Thai Division 1 League: 2013

References

^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
^ Portuguese pair on trial Archived 28 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine; Heart of Midlothian, 26 July 2009
^ Zezinando: um português à conquista da Tailândia (Zezinando: one Portuguese off to conquer Thailand); Mais Futebol, 31 October 2011 (in Portuguese)
^ Zezinando – FIFA competition record (archived)

External links

Zezinando at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Zezinando national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Zezinando at Soccerway

[FIFA-1] "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.

[2] Portuguese pair on trial Archived 28 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine; Heart of Midlothian, 26 July 2009

[3] Zezinando: um português à conquista da Tailândia (Zezinando: one Portuguese off to conquer Thailand); Mais Futebol, 31 October 2011 (in Portuguese)

[4] Zezinando – FIFA competition record (archived)

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