Guilherme Afonso

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Guilherme Afonso
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Personal information
Date of birth (1985-11-15) 15 November 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Mendrisio-Stabio
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2003 Étoile Carouge 17 (5)
2003–2004 Valence 3 (0)
2004–2007 Twente 32 (2)
2007–2008 Veendam 44 (6)
2009–2012 Sion 17 (2)
2009–2010 → Grasshopper (loan) 7 (0)
2010–2011 → Lugano (loan) 29 (10)
2012–2013 Vaduz 15 (1)
2013–2014 1º de Agosto 3 (3)
2014–2015 Kabuscorp ? (?)
2016–???? FC Azzurri LS 90 ? (?)
2019– Mendrisio-Stabio ? (?)
International career‡
2006 Switzerland U21 1 (0)
2013– Angola 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2013

Guilherme Afonso (born 15 November 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Mendrisio-Stabio. He has dual Angolan-Swiss nationality. [1] [2]

Contents

Club career

Afonso has played club-football in Switzerland for Étoile Carouge, Sion, Grasshopper, Lugano and FC Vaduz; in France for Valence; and in the Netherlands for Twente and Veendam. [3] [4] [5] In 2009 he scored the winning goal as Sion defeated BSC Young Boys 3–2 in the Swiss Cup Final. [6]

In the summer 2012 he signed a two-year contract with FC Vaduz. [7] In the summer of 2013 he signed a year and half contract with Primeiro de Agosto. [8]

Afonso signed with Mendrisio-Stabio in December 2018. [9]

International career

Afonso, who has previously played for Switzerland at under-21 level, was selected by Angola for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. [10]

International goals

Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first. [11]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 June 2013 Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1–01–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.7 September 2013 Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, Lubango, AngolaFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 3–04–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Sion

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References

  1. ↑ Tope Agboola (20 June 2005). "Afonso eyes Angola switch". BBC Sport.
  2. ↑ "Football without borders in the Lowlands". FIFA. 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
  3. ↑ "Guilherme Afonso". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 March 2008.
  4. ↑ "Guilherme Afonso". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Guilherme Afonso". Ronald Zwiers (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 1 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Switzerland Cup Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Afonso verlässt Sitten Richtung Vaduz". fussball.ch (in German). 27 June 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Guilherme Afonso pledges commitment to new club". ANGOP. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  9. ↑ Savigliano, Walter (21 December 2018). "Altro colpaccio del Mendrisio, arriva la punta Guilherme Afonso!". chalcio.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 26 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Angola pick Guilherme Afonso in final Nations Cup squad". BBC Sport. 8 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "Guilherme Afonso". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 April 2017.


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