João Lamine Jaquité (born 22 February 1996) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli club Hapoel Nof HaGalil.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | João Lamine Jaquité[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 26)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2014 | Povoense | ||
2014–2015 | Tondela | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Povoense | 2 | (0) |
2015–2021 | Tondela | 53 | (1) |
2017–2018 | → Lusitano Vildemoinhos (loan) | 32 | (2) |
2021–2022 | Vilafranquense | 13 | (0) |
2022– | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019– | Guinea-Bissau | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:16, 21 April 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021 |
Born in Bissau, Jaquité started playing organised football in Portugal, with amateurs União Atlético Povoense. On 8 July 2015, C.D. Tondela announced his promotion to the senior team, recently promoted to the Primeira Liga.[2]
Jaquité appeared in his first match as a professional on 20 December 2015, starting and playing 52 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against Vitória F.C. in the top division.[3][4] In the 2017–18 season, he was loaned to third tier club Lusitano FCV.[5]
Jaquité scored his first goal in the Portuguese top flight on 21 February 2021, in a 4–2 defeat at S.C. Braga.[6]
On 20 August 2021, Jaquité signed with U.D. Vilafranquense of the Liga Portugal 2.[7]
Jaquité won his first cap for Guinea-Bissau on 23 March 2019, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute for Zezinho in a 2–2 home draw to Mozambique for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[8] He was selected for the finals by coach Baciro Candé.[9]
Guinea-Bissau squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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Guinea-Bissau squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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Hapoel Nof HaGalil F.C. – current squad | |
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