Egas Cacintura

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Egas Cacintura
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Cacintura with Akhmat in 2025
Personal information
Full name Egas Palanga dos Santos Cacintura
Date of birth (1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Moçâmedes, Angola
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Akhmat Grozny
Number 17
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Ufa 58 (3)
2023–2025 Dynamo Makhachkala 59 (9)
2025– Akhmat Grozny 5 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2025

Egas Palanga dos Santos Cacintura (born 29 October 1997) is an Angolan professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Russian club Akhmat Grozny. He can also play as a left midfielder or right midfielder.

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Club career

In 2015, he enrolled in Kuban State Technological University in Russia where he studied to become an oil industry specialist. He also participated in the university's futsal team. [1]

In 2019, he signed with Syktyvkar-based Russian Futsal Super League team Novaya Generatsiya, continuing his education remotely. [2]

In the summer of 2021, he switched from futsal to football. On 23 July 2021, he signed a contract with Russian Premier League club Ufa. [3] He made his RPL debut for Ufa on 25 July 2021 in a game against CSKA Moscow. [4]

Cacintura terminated his contract with Ufa by mutual consent in June 2023, following the club's relegation to the third-tier Russian Second League. [5]

On 27 June 2023, Cacintura signed a three-year contract with Russian First League club Dynamo Makhachkala. [6] Dynamo was promoted to the Russian Premier League for the 2024–25 season. [7]

On 20 June 2025, Cacintura moved to Akhmat Grozny on a three-year deal. [8]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ufa 2021–22 Russian Premier League 270102 [a] 0300
2022–23 Russian First League 31341354
Total583510020654
Dynamo Makhachkala 2023–24 Russian First League33500335
2024–25 Russian Premier League26460324
Total59960659
Akhmat Grozny 2025–26 Russian Premier League523082
Career total12214141002013815
  1. Appearances in the relegation play-offs

References

  1. "Новые спортивные достижения" (in Russian). Kuban State Technological University. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. "Эгаш: "Мечтаю стать чемпионом суперлиги в составе "Новой генерации"" (in Russian). Respublika. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. "Эгаш Касинтура – официально в ФК "Уфа"!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 23 July 2021.
  4. "CSKA Moscow v Ufa game report". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2021.
  5. "Удачи, Эгаш!" (in Russian). FC Ufa. 16 June 2023.
  6. "Эгаш Касинтура подписал трехлетний контракт с "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Makhachkala. 27 June 2023.
  7. ""Динамо" Махачкала впервые сыграет в РПЛ. "Химки" вернулись в высший дивизион" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 20 May 2024.
  8. "Эгаш Касинтура перешел в "Ахмат"" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.