Vozinha

Vozinha
Personal information
Full name Josimar Dias
Date of birth (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Mindelo, Cape Verde
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 AS Trenčín
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Batuque FC[2]
2011–2012 CS Mindelense[2]
2012–2015 Progresso
2012–2013 →CS Mindelense[1]
2015–2016 Zimbru Chișinău 26 (0)
2016–2017 Gil Vicente 28 (0)
2017–2022 AEL Limassol 105 (0)
2022– AS Trenčín 19 (0)
International career‡
2012– Cape Verde 59 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 May 2023

Josimar Dias (born 3 June 1986), known as Vozinha, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AS Trenčín.

He played for clubs in his own country, Angola, Moldova, Portugal and Cyprus. A full international with over 50 caps for Cape Verde since 2012, he played at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, 2015, 2021 and 2023

Club career

Born in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde, Vozinha began his career at local Batuque FC, playing for them until 2011 before moving to local city rivals CS Mindelense. Following good showings with the club, he was signed by Progresso Associação do Sambizanga in Angola. He made a return to Mindelense in 2013 and played in the São Vicente Island League.[citation needed]

After a year at FC Zimbru Chișinău in Moldova, Vozinha moved in August 2016 to Gil Vicente F.C. of the Portuguese second tier.[3]

International career

Vozinha made his debut for Cape Verde on 8 September 2012 in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations playoff first leg at home to Cameroon, a 2–0 win.[4] He remained in goal for the second leg in Yaoundé on 14 October, a 2–1 loss that saw his country qualify for their first major tournament.[5] At the finals in South Africa, the team reached the quarter-finals before a 2–0 loss to Ghana; he conceded the second goal after going up the pitch in the dying seconds to attack a corner kick.[6]

Vozinha also played at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[7] On 7 October 2020, he earned his 50th cap in a 2–1 friendly win away to Andorra,[8] and a year later he was called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.[9]


Honours

AEL Limassol

Personal

His younger brother Delmiro was also a Cape Verde international.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Vozinha at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b Football Database Profile
  3. ^ "Vozinha no Gil Vicente de Portugal" [Vozinha to Portugal's Gil Vicente]. Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 5 August 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Cabo Verde vence Camarões por 2 -0 com sabor a pouco" [Cape Verde defeat Cameroon 2-0 with little flavour] (in Portuguese). Notícias do Norte. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Cabo Verde pela primeira vez na CAN" [Cape Verde in the ACN for the first time] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Ghana 2-0 Cape Verde" (in Portuguese). Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Vozinha: «Entramos em campo sempre para ganhar»" [Vozinha: "We always go out on the pitch to win"]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Seleção de Cabo Verde: Vozinha completou 50 jogos pela seleção nacional" [Cape Verde national team: Vozinha completed 50 games for the national team] (in Portuguese). Gaft Sports. 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Afcon 2021: Ethiopia and Cape Verde squads for finals in Cameroon where he was sent off in the round of 16 vs Senegal". BBC Sport. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  10. ^ Mantzas, Andreas (23 May 2019). "AEL Limassol end 30-year Cyprus Cup drought". AGONAsport.
  11. ^ "Progresso contrata Delmiro, irmão de Vozinha" [Progresso hire Delmiro, brother of Vozinha] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 29 January 2014.

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