Lassana Camará

Saná

Personal information
Full name	Lassana Camará [1]
Date of birth	(1991-12-29) 29 December 1991 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau [1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2006–2010	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Benfica	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Servette (loan)	7	(0)
2011–2012	Valladolid	2	(0)
2012–2013	Académica	0	(0)
2014	Botafogo-BA
2014–2015	Braga B	21	(0)
2016–2017	Académico Viseu	10	(0)
2017–2018	Leixões	1	(0)
2018	Olhanense	3	(0)
2019	Gloria Buzău	1	(0)
International career‡
2007–2008	Portugal U17	3	(0)
2008–2010	Portugal U19	32	(2)
2011	Portugal U20	13	(0)
2011	Portugal U21	3	(1)
2014–	Guinea-Bissau	3	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Portugal FIFA U-20 World Cup Runner-up 2011 Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2017

Lassana Camará CvIH ^[2] (born 29 December 1991), commonly known as Saná, is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Guinea Bissau, Saná spent four years in S.L. Benfica's academy, scoring two goals in 33 games in his last year as a junior. He started his professional career at Servette FC in Switzerland: having arrived injured from the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, he only returned to competition in January 2011, and played just 257 minutes in the second division campaign as the João Alves-led side – a former Benfica player and also his youth manager – attained Super League promotion.

Saná signed a three-year contract with Real Valladolid in Spain on 9 July 2011. ^[3] At the end of his first and only season the team promoted to La Liga after a two-year absence, but he only totalled 33 minutes of action and was released after several problems with the management and the board of directors. ^{[4] [5]}

On 30 August 2014, after nearly two years without a club and a brief spell in Brazil, Saná joined S.C. Braga, being assigned to the reserves in the Segunda Liga. ^[6] He remained in that tier the following years, being rarely played at Académico de Viseu F.C. and Leixões SC. ^[7]

Saná moved to SCM Gloria Buzău of the Romanian Liga III in late January 2019. ^[8]

International career

Saná won 51 caps for Portugal at youth level, including 13 for the under-20s. He helped them reach the final at the 2011 FIFA World Cup, ^[9] appearing in three matches. ^[10]

Saná switched allegiance to Guinea Bissau in 2014, making his debut on 2 August by playing 59 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Botswana for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. ^[11]

Honours

Club

Gloria Buzău

• Liga III: 2018–19

International

Portugal U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2011 ^[9]

Orders

• Knight of the Order of Prince Henry ^[12]

References

1. "Sana" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
2. "Presidente Cavaco Silva condecorou selecção nacional de futebol sub-20" [President Cavaco Silva decorated national under-20 football team] (in Portuguese). Arquivo Presidência. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
3. "Sana: "Voy a demostrar por qué el Real Valladolid ha confiado en mí"" [Sana: "I will show why Real Valladolid trusted in me"]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 10 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
4. "Saná y Manucho, ausencias inesperadas en el regreso al trabajo" [Saná and Manucho, unexpected absences in return to work]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 December 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
5. "Djukic propaga su filosofía en las dos orillas del Pisuerga" [Djukic spreads his philosophy at the banks of the Pisuerga]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 June 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
6. "Saná no SC Braga" [Saná to SC Braga] (in Portuguese). International Foot. August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
7. Lopes, Gervásio (2 September 2017). "Sana no Leixões por duas épocas" [Sana to Leixões for two seasons] (in Portuguese). Sou Djurtu. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
8. Pițigoi, Andrei (20 January 2019). "EXCLUSIV | A pierdut finala CM de fotbal în faţa Braziliei, iar acum îşi relansează cariera în Crâng. Fotbalistul pe care Casemiro nu l-a impresionat" [EXCLUSIVE | He lost the football World Cup final to Brazil, and now is relaunching his career in Crâng. The football player that Casemiro did not impress] (in Romanian). Buzaul Sportiv. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
9. "Oscar treble wins thrilling final for Brazil". FIFA. 20 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
10. Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (14 January 2021). "Caetano desistiu aos 29 anos. E os outros heróis do Mundial2011 sub20?" [Caetano called it quits at the age of 29. What about the other under20 World Cup2011 heroes?] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
11. "Guinea Bissau 1–1 Botswana". African Soccer Weebly. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
12. "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). President of Portugal . Retrieved 16 March 2021.

External links

• Saná at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Lassana Camará national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
• Saná at National-Football-Teams.com
• Saná – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Saná at Soccerway