Geny Catamo

Geny Cipriano Catamo (born 26 January 2001) is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primeira Liga club Vitória S.C. on loan from Sporting CP and the Mozambique national team.

Geny Catamo
Personal information
Full name Geny Cipriano Catamo
Date of birth (2001-01-26) January 26, 2001
Place of birth Mozambique
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Vitória Guimarães (loan from Sporting CP)
Youth career
Black Bulls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Amora 4 (1)
2019– Sporting CP B 25 (1)
2021– Sporting CP 1 (0)
2022– → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
Mozambique U17
2018 Mozambique U20 1 (1)
2019– Mozambique 13 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:05, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:48, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Club career

On 11 June 2019, Catamo signed a professional contract with the youth academy of Sporting for 2 years.[1] He made his first bench for the first team in September 2021 against Porto, wearing jersey number 57.[2]

International career

Catamo represented the Mozambique U20 in December 2018, scoring on his debut in the 2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup.[3] He had previously played in the 2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championship.[4]

Catamo debuted with the senior Mozambique national football team in a 2-0 win over Mauritius on 10 September 2019, again scoring in his debut.[5] In October 2021 he scored in a world cup qualifier with his goal being Mozambique's only goal in a 3–1 loss to Cameroon.

International goals
Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.[6]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 September 2019Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique Mauritius2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.8 October 2021Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon Cameroon1–31–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. hdc-uc-acsweb1/aceyus45/Dash_Viewer.aspx?DashID=5028
  2. Geny Catamo at Soccerway
  3. "Torneio Cosafa sub-20: Mambinhas vencem com golo de Geny Catamo". December 5, 2018.
  4. "COSAFA Under-17 Championship". Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. "Mundial2022: Moçambique vence Ilhas Maurícias e está na fase de grupos". Maisfutebol.
  6. "Geny Catamo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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