Personal information | |||
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Full name | Salifo Caropitche Mendes | ||
Date of birth | 19 June 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tenerife | ||
Number | 35 | ||
Youth career | |||
Estefut | |||
Lanzarote | |||
Estefut | |||
Altavista | |||
Orientación Marítima | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Tahíche | ||
2021–2022 | Mensajero | 22 | (2) |
2022–2023 | Mirandés B | 25 | (3) |
2022 | Mirandés | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Tenerife B | 17 | (4) |
2023– | Tenerife | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024 |
Salifo Caropitche Mendes (born 19 June 2001), sometimes known as just Salifo, is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club CD Tenerife.
Born in the small village of Bafatá, Salifo moved abroad as a baby with his family, staying in Dakar for a week before boarding a plane towards the Canary Islands. They went on to live in Arrecife. [1]
After beginning his career at CD Estefut, Salifo played for UD Lanzarote and Altavista CF before finishing his training with CD Orientación Marítima. [1] In 2020, he moved to the Interinsular Preferente de Las Palmas side CD Tahíche, and scored on a regular basis during the season.
On 23 July 2021, Salifo joined the Segunda División RFEF side CD Mensajero. [2] Roughly one year later, he signed a two-year contract with CD Mirandés, being initially assigned to the reserves in the Tercera Federación. [3]
Salifo made his professional debut with the "Jabatos" on 13 August 2022, coming on as a late substitute for Raúl García in a 1–1 Segunda División home draw against Sporting de Gijón. [4] On 8 July of the following year, he moved to another reserve team, CD Tenerife B also in the fifth division. [5]
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