Zequinha (footballer, born 1987)

José Egas dos Santos Branco (born 7 January 1987), known as Zequinha, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Vitória F.C. as a forward.

Zequinha
Personal information
Full name José Egas dos Santos Branco
Date of birth (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987[1]
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Vitória Setúbal
Number 87
Youth career
1994–2004 Vitória Setúbal
2004–2005 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Porto B 3 (0)
2006–2007 → Tourizense (loan) 18 (5)
2007 → Penafiel (loan) 3 (0)
2008 → Gondomar (loan) 12 (3)
2008–2009 → Gil Vicente (loan) 25 (4)
2009–2011 Olhanense 17 (1)
2011 → Fátima (loan) 11 (1)
2011–2013 AEL 48 (10)
2013–2014 Panthrakikos 15 (2)
2014–2015 Vitória Setúbal 42 (6)
2015–2017 Arouca 32 (2)
2017 Nacional 12 (1)
2017–2018 ATK 13 (2)
2018– Vitória Setúbal 65 (14)
National team
2002–2003 Portugal U16 10 (2)
2003–2004 Portugal U17 2 (0)
2004 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2005–2006 Portugal U19 6 (0)
2006–2007 Portugal U20 13 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2021

Club career

Born in Setúbal, Zequinha was an unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Porto.[2][3] He went on to serve consecutive loans in the following three years after having appeared for the B-side – and only three times – in both the country's second and third divisions (G.D. Tourizense, F.C. Penafiel, Gondomar S.C. and Gil Vicente FC).[4]

In the summer of 2009, Zequinha was released and joined Primeira Liga newcomer S.C. Olhanense on a free transfer, penning a three-year contract.[5] He made his debut in the competition on 16 August, playing 72 minutes in a 0–0 away draw against Associação Naval 1º de Maio.[6]

In July 2011 Zequinha moved abroad, signing for two years with Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. in Greece. After two seasons in division two he signed with Panthrakikos F.C. in the Super League[7] where he stayed until 7 January 2014,[8] signing with his very first club Vitória F.C. three days later and renewing his contract for three years in December 2014.[9]

On 11 August 2017, Zequinha joined Indian Super League franchise Atlético de Kolkata from C.D. Nacional.[10]

International career

Zequinha represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, playing and starting all four matches for the team, albeit without scoring. In the round of 16 defeat against Chile (0–1), he stripped referee Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh of his red card as the official was going to send his teammate Mano off; subsequently he received his marching orders as well,[11][12] and both players were suspended from international football, Zequinha for one year.[13]

Club statistics
As of match played on 3 April 2018
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2004–05[14] Portuguese Second Division 10——10
2005–06[14] Portuguese Second Division 20——20
Total 30——30
Tourizense (loan) 2006–07[14] Portuguese Second Division 18510—195
Penafiel (loan) 2007–08[14] Segunda Liga 3030—60
Gondomar (loan) 2007–08[14] Segunda Liga 12200—122
Gil Vicente (loan) 2008–09[14] Segunda Liga 26451—315
Olhanense 2009–10[14] Primeira Liga 17120—191
Fátima (loan) 2010–11[14] Segunda Liga 11100—111
AEL 2012–12[15] Football League 19610—206
2012–13[15] Football League 29420—314
Total 481030—5110
Panthrakikos 2013–14[15] Super League Greece 15210—162
Vitória Setúbal 2013–14[14] Primeira Liga 10210—112
2014–15[14] Primeira Liga 31460—374
2015–16[14] Primeira Liga 1000—10
Total 42670—496
Arouca 2015–16[14] Primeira Liga 25160—311
2016–17[14] Primeira Liga 71303[lower-alpha 1]0131
Total 3229030442
Nacional 2016–17[14] Primeira Liga 12100—121
ATK 2017–18[15][16] Indian Super League 13210—142
Career total 250353213028536
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "Zequinha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. Zequinha é o novo reforço júnior (Zequinha is new junior signing); Record, 31 May 2004 (in Portuguese)
  3. Zequinha: «Empate foi positivo» (Zequinha: «Draw was positive»); Record, 8 November 2009 (in Portuguese)
  4. Zequinha para cantar de galo (Zequinha the new rooster); Record, 12 July 2008 (in Portuguese)
  5. Zequinha assina por 3 anos (Zequinha signs for 3 years); Record, 9 July 2009 (in Portuguese)
  6. Olhanense estreia-se com um empate 0–0 diante da Naval (Olhanense make debut with 0–0 draw against Naval); SAPO, 16 August 2009 (in Portuguese)
  7. Δελτίο τύπου της 01.07.2013 (Press release of 01.07.2013) Archived 4 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Panthrakikos FC, 1 July 2013 (in Greek)
  8. Δελτίο τύπου της 07.01.2014 (Press release of 07.01.2014) Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Panthrakikos FC, 7 January 2014 (in Greek)
  9. Vitória de Setúbal renovou com Zequinha por três anos (Vitória de Setúbal renewed with Zequinha for three years); Diário de Notícias, 4 December 2014
  10. "ATK sign Portuguese forward Jose Egas for upcoming ISL". The Indian Express. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  11. Vidal off after sinking Portugal; FIFA, 12 July 2007
  12. Referee loses his red card Archived 8 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine; Soccer Blog, 13 July 2007
  13. Zequinha suspended for one year; Mano for three months; World Cup Blog, 28 July 2007
  14. "Zequinha". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  15. "Zequinha". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  16. "Zequinha". Flash Score. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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