Amâncio Canhembe

Amâncio Canhembe
Personal information
Full name Amâncio João Pita Canhembe
Date of birth (1997-11-16) 16 November 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Maputo, Mozambique
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Marítimo B
Youth career
2016 Sporting
2018–2020 Vitória de Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Liga Desportiva
2016–2017 Sertanense 29 (1)
2020– Marítimo B 17 (2)
International career
2018– Mozambique 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amâncio João Pita Canhembe (born 16 November 1997) is a Mozambican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Marítimo B.

Career

Canhembe started his career with Mozambican side Liga Desportiva, where he was nicknamed "Neymar" after the Brazilian international.[1]

Before the second half of 2015–16, Canhembe joined the youth academy of Sporting in the Portuguese top flight.[2] In 2016, he signed for Portuguese third division club Sertanense.[3]

References

  1. ^ "'Neymar de Moçambique' pede ajuda a seu povo depois de ciclone: 'Esperança'". esportes.yahoo.com.
  2. ^ "Sporting: Neymar moçambicano assinou contrato". maisfutebol.iol.pt.
  3. ^ Amâncio Canhembe at National-Football-Teams.com


Flag of MozambiqueSoccer icon

This biographical article related to Mozambican association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.