Zezinando

Zezinando Odelfrides Gomes Correia (born 1 January 1987), known simply as Zezinando, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Thai club Trat F.C. as a defensive midfielder.

Zezinando
Personal information
Full name Zezinando Odelfrides Gomes Correia
Date of birth (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Trat
Number 8
Youth career
1998–1999 Farense
1999–2006 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Sporting CP 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Estoril (loan) 22 (0)
2007–2008 → Atlético (loan) 25 (0)
2008–2009 → Real Massamá (loan) 17 (0)
2009–2010 Estrela Amadora 26 (0)
2011–2012 Samut Songkhram 15 (0)
2013–2014 Air Force Central 20 (0)
2015– Trat 0 (0)
National team
2005–2006 Portugal U19 12 (1)
2006–2007 Portugal U20 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Bissau, Zezinando moved with his parents to Portugal still an infant, and, at the age of 12, he joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's famed youth academy. In the following three years, he would only collect some appearances for the Lions during preseason, being successively loaned to clubs in the Lisbon area, appearing in the 2006–07 season in the second division with G.D. Estoril Praia and playing in the third level in the following years.

On 26 June 2009, Zezinando underwent a trial at Heart of Midlothian of Scotland alongside compatriot João Moreira.[1] An eventual deal fell through, and both signed with C.F. Estrela da Amadora in the third tier of Portuguese football.

In late October 2011, after more than one year without a club, Zezinando joined Samut Songkhram F.C. in the Thai Premier League.[2]

International career

Zezinando chose to represent Portugal internationally. He appeared with the under-20s at the 2007 FIFA World Cup in Canada, playing all four matches in an eventual round-of-16 exit.[3]

Honours
Air Force Central

References
  1. Portuguese pair on trial Archived 28 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine; Heart of Midlothian, 26 July 2009
  2. Zezinando: um português à conquista da Tailândia (Zezinando: one Portuguese off to conquer Thailand); Mais Futebol, 31 October 2011 (in Portuguese)
  3. Zezinando – FIFA competition record
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