Salifo Caropitche

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Salifo Caropitche
Personal information
Full name Salifo Caropitche Mendes
Date of birth (2001-06-19) 19 June 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Tenerife B
Number 18
Youth career
Estefut
Lanzarote
Estefut
Altavista
Orientación Marítima
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Tahíche
2021–2022 Mensajero 22 (2)
2022–2023 Mirandés B 25 (3)
2022 Mirandés 1 (0)
2023– Tenerife B 6 (0)
2023– Tenerife 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2023

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 B.

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Early life

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]

Club career

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 Regional Preferente 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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References

  1. 1 2 "Salifo Caropitche y el vuelo hacia su sueño" [Salifo Caropitche and the flight towards his dream] (in Spanish). CD Mensajero. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Salifo se incorpora a la delantera rojinegra" [Salifo joins the red-and-black forward lines] (in Spanish). CD Mensajero. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Salifo Caropitche, nuevo delantero del filial jabato" [Salifo Caropitche, new forward of the reserve team jabato] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "En Anduva mandó la cabeza" [The head ruled in Anduva]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "El CD Tenerife "B" confirma el fichaje del delantero Salifo Caropitche" [CD Tenerife "B" confirm the signing of forward Salifo Caropitche] (in Spanish). Lanzarote Deportiva. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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