Personal information | |||
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Full name | Geny Cipriano Catamo | ||
Date of birth | January 26, 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Beira, Mozambique | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, wing-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Black Bulls | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Amora | 4 | (1) |
2019–2022 | Sporting CP B | 30 | (2) |
2021– | Sporting CP | 17 | (2) |
2022 | → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Marítimo (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2023 | → Marítimo B (loan) | 1 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
Mozambique U17 | |||
2018 | Mozambique U20 | 1 | (1) |
2019– | Mozambique | 23 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:22, 11 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 22 January 2024 (UTC) |
Geny Cipriano Catamo (born 26 January 2001) is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Mozambique national team.
On 11 June 2019, Catamo signed a professional contract with the youth academy of Sporting for 2 years.[1] He made his first bench for the first team in September 2021 against Porto, wearing jersey number 57.[2]
On 22 December 2023, Catamo signed a new five-year contract with Sporting CP, with his release clause being set at €60 million.[3]
Catamo represented the Mozambique U20 in December 2018, scoring on his debut in the 2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup.[4] He had previously played in the 2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championship.[5]
Catamo debuted with the senior Mozambique national football team in a 2-0 win over Mauritius on 10 September 2019, again scoring in his debut.[6] In October 2021 he scored in a world cup qualifier with his goal being Mozambique's only goal in a 3–1 loss to Cameroon.
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Amora | 2018–19 | Campeonato de Portugal | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
Sporting CP B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
2021–22 | Liga 3 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||||
Total | 30 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||||||
Sporting CP | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
Total | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
Vitória SC (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
Marítimo (loan) | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
Marítimo B (loan) | 2022–23 | Campeonato de Portugal | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 71 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 8 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mozambique | 2019 | 3 | 1 |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 1 | |
2022 | 4 | 1 | |
2023 | 4 | 2 | |
2024 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 23 | 5 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 10 September 2019 | Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique | Mauritius | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 8 October 2021 | Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon | Cameroon | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 8 June 2022 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | Benin | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
4. | 18 June 2023 | Stade Huye, Huye, Rwanda | Rwanda | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
5. | 16 October 2023 | Estádio Municipal, Albufeira, Portugal | Nigeria | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
6. | 22 January 2024 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Ghana | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |