Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 October 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Hazem | ||
Number | 93 | ||
Youth career | |||
Club Brugge | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Club Brugge | 0 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Lommel United (loan) | 22 | (6) |
2014–2015 | → Mouscron-Péruwelz (loan) | 17 | (5) |
2015–2017 | Waasland-Beveren | 73 | (25) |
2017–2018 | Oostende | 31 | (8) |
2018–2021 | Genk | 21 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → Antwerp (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2021 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 11 | (6) |
2021–2024 | Zulte Waregem | 67 | (33) |
2024– | Al-Hazem | 10 | (8) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Belgium U18 | 2 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Belgium U19 | 11 | (1) |
2022– | Guinea-Bissau | 7 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2024 |
Zinho Gano (born 13 October 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Hazem. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Gano was born in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium to a Bissau-Guinean father and a Belgian Flemish mother. [2]
Gano is a youth exponent from Brugge. During the 2013–14 season, he scored six goals out of 22 league games with Belgian Second Division side Lommel United, on loan from Brugge. Then he played on loan for Mouscron in the Belgian Pro League. He made his top division debut at 27 July 2014 against Anderlecht. [3] On 2 July 2018 he joined Genk from fellow Pro League side Oostende for a value of £1.62 million. [4]
On 2 September 2019, he joined Antwerp on a season-long loan with an option to buy. [5]
Gano made his senior debut for Guinea-Bissau on 23 March 2022, starting in a 3–0 friendly win over Equatorial Guinea. [6]
In December 2023, he was selected from the list of 25 Bissao-Guinean players selected by Baciro Candé to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Genk
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