Witi
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Chimoio and the second or paternal family name is Quembo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Witiness Chimoio João Quembo | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Beira, Mozambique | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nacional | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liga Muçulmana | |||
| 2014–2015 | Nacional | ||
| 2015 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Nacional | 1 | (0) |
| 2015– | Nacional | 19 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Mozambique | 21 | (2) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019 | |||
Witiness Chimoio João Quembo (born 26 August 1996), known as Witi, is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club C.D. Nacional as a winger.
Club career[]
Born in Beira, Witi began his career with . In the Summer of 2014, he moved to Portugal, joining the youth ranks of C.D. Nacional.
On 11 January 2015, Witi made his senior debut with Nacional in a home win against Boavista F.C., for Primeira Liga.[1] Just three days later, he scored his first professional goal in a Taça da Liga match against Moreirense F.C.. Later that month, Witi signed a deal with S.L. Benfica until the end of the season.[2]
In June 2015, Witi returned to Nacional.[3]
International career[]
Witi made his debut for Mozambique in 2015, and represented the nation at the 2015 COSAFA Cup.
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 26 May 2019 | King Zwelithini Stadium, Umlazi, South Africa |  Namibia |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2019 COSAFA Cup |
| 2. | 18 November 2019 | Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde |  Cape Verde |
2–2 | 2–2 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honors[]
Mozambique
- COSAFA Cup runner-up:2015[5]
References[]
- ^ "Nacional 2 - 1 Boavista" (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Benfica contrata avançado do Nacional para os juniores" [Benfica sign Nacional' winger for the youth team] (in Portuguese). MaisFutebol. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Witi deixa Benfica e regressa à Choupana" [Witi leaves Benfica and returns to Choupana] (in Portuguese). Record. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Witi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cosafa2015det.html
External links[]
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Beira, Mozambique
- Mozambican footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Primeira Liga players
- C.D. Nacional players
- Mozambique international footballers
- Mozambican expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Mozambican football biography stubs