Geny Catamo
Personal information
Full name Geny Cipriano Catamo
Date of birth (2001-01-26) January 26, 2001 (age 23)
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.

Club career

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]

International career

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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 February 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
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
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances on Primeira Liga relegation play-offs

International

As of match played 22 January 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mozambique 2019 3 1
2020 3 0
2021 7 1
2022 4 1
2023 4 2
2024 2 1
Total 23 5
Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.[8]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

References

  1. ^ hdc-uc-acsweb1/aceyus45/Dash_Viewer.aspx?DashID=5028
  2. ^ Geny Catamo at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Geny Catamo vai continuar de Leão ao peito" [Geny Catamo will remain with a Lion at his chest] (in European Portuguese). Sporting CP. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Torneio Cosafa sub-20: Mambinhas vencem com golo de Geny Catamo". December 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "COSAFA Under-17 Championship". Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Mundial2022: Moçambique vence Ilhas Maurícias e está na fase de grupos". Maisfutebol.
  7. ^ Geny Catamo at Soccerway
  8. ^ "Geny Catamo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

External links

Sporting CP – current squad
Mozambique squad – 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
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