Zezinando Explained

Zezinando
Fullname:Zezinando Odelfrides Gomes Correia[1]
Birth Date:1 January 1987
Birth Place:Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height:1.72 m
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Trat
Clubnumber:8
Youthyears1:1998–1999
Youthyears2:1999–2006
Youthclubs1:Farense
Youthclubs2:Sporting CP
Years1:2006–2009
Years2:2006–2007
Years3:2007–2008
Years4:2008–2009
Years5:2009–2010
Years6:2011–2012
Years7:2013–2014
Years8:2015–
Clubs1:Sporting CP
Clubs2:Estoril (loan)
Clubs3:Atlético (loan)
Clubs4:Real Massamá (loan)
Clubs5:Estrela Amadora
Clubs6:Samut Songkhram
Clubs7:Air Force Central
Clubs8:Trat
Caps1:0
Caps2:22
Caps3:25
Caps4:17
Caps5:26
Caps6:15
Caps7:20
Caps8:0
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Nationalyears1:2005–2006
Nationalyears2:2006–2007
Nationalteam1:Portugal U19
Nationalteam2:Portugal U20
Nationalcaps1:12
Nationalcaps2:13
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Club-Update: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.

Honours

Air Force Central

2013

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players . FIFA . 19 . 5 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf . 31 December 2013.
  2. http://www.heartsfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HeartsNewsDetail/0,,10289~1733161,00.html Portuguese pair on trial
  3. http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/internacional/zezinando-tailandia-samut-songkhram-reportagem-iol-maisfutebol/1294241-1490.html Zezinando: um português à conquista da Tailândia (Zezinando: one Portuguese off to conquer Thailand)